Philo T. Farnsworth, Glenside, Montgomery County

This week's quest is rather a fun one, with a marker photo courtesy of my friend and former coworker Sheila. (She said she saw it and thought of me - thank you!) Of course, as I've said many times in the past, we in Pennsylvania do like our firsts and oldests. We're the home of America's first zoo and the world's oldest roller coaster, to name but two. We're also, up in Schuylkill County, the birthplace of cable television, which I'll be talking about in a future post. But today, I'm going to tell you about Pennsylvania's role in the creation of electronic television, which came before cable.