We start here, in the grave of Benjamin Franklin, the grand old guy of Philadelphia.
No, he did not found this city - we'll begin to see the guy who did later - but he was raised by using it. Consider the dates on his grave: 1706 - 1790. Philadelphia was created only a couple of years before Franklin, in 1682, so when he found this city like a teenage runaway in 1723, Philadelphia was still being a frontier village of the couple 1000 people. some more info.
No, he did not found this city - we'll begin to see the guy who did later - but he was raised by using it. Consider the dates on his grave: 1706 - 1790. Philadelphia was created only a couple of years before Franklin, in 1682, so when he found this city like a teenage runaway in 1723, Philadelphia was still being a frontier village of the couple 1000 people. some more info.