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Mounted troopers of the Pennsylvania State Police, circa 1915.
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A large group of mounted police ride down the middle of the road in threes.

Credit: Pennsylvania State Police Records, RG 30, Pennsylvania State Archives

Recruited largely from among army veterans, the first class of the Pennsylvania State Constabulary were assigned to barracks located near the state's vast coal fields.

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