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George Washington led two Virginia companies into the great Meadows to try to dislodge the French and their American Indian allies.They were forced to retreat because of rain-filled trenches. It was the western frontier, now western Pennsylvania, that Washington learned the guerrilla ways of American Indian warfare, how to fight the natives on their own terms, how to placate them with rum and gifts, and ultimately how to deafeat them, setting the stage for white settlement.
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William Pitt the Elder came to power in 1757 as prime minister. His leadership resulted in British victories both in Europe and in the French and Indian war.
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The Marquis Duquesne stirred British colonists to action with a plan to erect military forts from the St. Lawrence to the Mississippi, But failing supply lines from distant bases forced him to stop with the third, Fort Duquesne, a stockade fort at the forks of the Ohio. The French, routed by the British in 1758, destroyed it just before they took flight.
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Newspapers argued for slavery to end , and Pennsylvania ended slavery .
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World's largest gun , supplied union with warships and other supplies .
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He was the 1st Mayor-Rev. a war soldier, and a merchant home builder ( with James O'Hara ).
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He was the first mayor , a reverand , a war soldier , and a merchant home builder with James O'Hara .
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First professional american songwriter, born in Lawrenceville, wrote 189 songs, inspired by many types of music and people around him.
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John Scull is the founder of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Nevile Craige is the publisher and editor of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, He published first history of Pittsburgh.
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In 1841 He developed first wire rope on a farm in Saxanburg
1845-1847 Built first cable suspension bridge over mono river. -
Newspapers argued for slavery to end.
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Editor of " The Mystery ", Harvard medical school graduate, major in the army, 1st African American field officer in civil war.
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Published pittsburgh saturday visiter wrote about ending slavery and womens rights .
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Defeated by French during war, Granrs Hill is a picnic spot and a nice place to see the city.
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James Grant was defeated by the french during the time of the war and they named a place Grant's hill which is a picnic spot and a nice place to see the city , but it is now removed .
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He had any inventions such as air brakes to stop heavy trains and he was a patent at age 19.
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He worked in the first plant to make steel in the braddock field , their first order was 2,000 rails .
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1870 - 1877
They were the city's first inclines , which were $47,000 to build and by 1880 500,000 people had ridden it . -
The bridge separated carnages / wagons from horse drawn modernized in 1915 which rehabed in the 1990's .
Gustav is the designer of the bridge . -
First womens college because Western University would not admit women, It is now Chatham University .
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Built in 1888
Henry Hobson Richard - Architect
It was a well admired building and was often imitated .
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It is for the Important People (Bosses) from businesses / industries .
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14 people died - 11 of them were steelworkers and pinkertons (guards) . They had no idea who fired the shots , but H.C.F caused the lockout at the mill .
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The ferris wheel was invented in Pittsburgh and was 250 feet high. It was invented by George Ferris who lived at 204 Arch St. on the northside.
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Began experimenting with the first wireless telephone in 1916. This led to amateur station 8XK in a garage behind his Wilkinsburgh home .
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He became the first pitcher in baseball history to throw 12 perfect innings.
