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Slavery
Pennsylvania was the only state to have slavery abolished during this time. Pennsylvania also argued for slavery to end. -
Washington's failed attempt at pushing out France
Washington and 2 military companies tried to push France out of the great meadows. Washington's forces were not enough and he eventually retreated. -
William Penn
England foundered in it's attempts to take over the new world until William Penn came to power in 1757 as prime minister. Penn's leadership resulted in many of British victories including the French and Indian War. -
John Forbe's death
Illness had come over John Forbes but he still lead his last six weeks to Fort Duquense. Forbes died in March of 1759, almost four months after the British took over Forks in November. It was Forbes who named the land at the confluence Pittsborough, in honor of William Penn -
The BlockHouse A.K.A Fort Pitt
Completed in the winter of 1761 Fort Pitt, or The Blockhouse, was the last and largest of the five ports. It was built by the Birtish and the French. By 1796 the fort was in ruins and these ruins eventually became some of Pittsburgh's first houses. -
Ebenezer Denny
Ebenezer Denny was a soldier, merchant, and even built houses with James O'hera but on March 18, 1816 Denny also became the mayor of Pittburgh, Pennsylvania. -
Steven Foster
Steven Foster was born July 4, 1826. He was born in Lawarnceville. He was a great songwriter. He wrote over 180 songs about the people around him. He wrote hard times come again, No more life in the city. -
Neville B. Craig
Craig was born in the BlockHouse in 1829. Craig wrote the first history of the city. He was also the publisher for the Pittsburgh Gazette. John Scull was the Founder of the Pittsburgh Gazette. -
John Roebling
John Roebling developed the first wire rope for bridges in 1841. During the period of 1845 to 1847 he developed the first cable suspension bridge over the Monongahela river. -
A new courthouse
John Chislett built it and many of Pittsburgh's older buildings that are still here today.The county's new courthouse that was built in 1842 survived the great fires. -
The Great Fire
One day in 1845 a great fire had accured in downtown Pittsburgh. The fire spread eastward and consumed 24 blocks. The fire spread to pipetown were William Penn made clay pipes. -
The Second great fire.
Nearly 1,00 buildings burned only a few months after the first great fire of 1845 in Pittsburgh. The fire started because of a washerwomen's open fire. Nearly 12,000 people were left homeless. -
Andrew Carnegie
We all know Andrew Carnegie for his work all through Pittsburgh but something we don't know is that when he was just a child he found $500 on a train and returned it to a train station. This may sound likie just an evryday good dead but the twist is that only a few years later he was an Official at the train station. -
Jane Grey Swisshelm
Jane published The Pittsburgh Saturday Visitor. Jane wrote about slavery and women's rights. She could have been considered an activist herself. -
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul cathedral was built in 1855. Mary Cassatt painted a mural of it in Italy in the year of 1870. The Mural burned down along with the church in 1877. -
Dollar Bank
The Dollar Bank opened it's doors in July 1855 and it made nine deposits that day. The building itself is beautiful and was made by architect Isaac Hobbs from Philadelphia. It has a red sandstone and is the oldest intact space in downtown Pittsburgh. -
Kloman Brothers, Jones Company, and Lauth Company
Considering railroads were starting to become such a big thing and people were using trains more railroads were in high demand so the railroad layers were needed to set up the railroad tracks. -
Beginning of Steel
Pittsburgh has become a a very smokey and firey city known as "Hell with the lid taken off" all because they ahve found steel. Steel is a metal that was born after the civil war. This metal turned the iron city of Pittsburgh to the steel city. -
Inclines
The city of Pittsburgh has two inclines used for travel and to see a skyline view of the city. The Mount Washington's Duquesne, built in 1877, cost about $47,000 to build. By 1880 the incline had attracted 500,000 passengers with not one injured. -
The Smithfield Street Bridge
The Smithfield Street was built in 1883. It was designed by Gustav Lidethal. It was known for seperating Carrage and Wagon traffic from horse drawn trolleys. The bridge was modernized in 1915 and rehabed in 1990. -
John Shoenberger
John Shoenberger had a mansion in downtown Pittsburgh which held the city's first major art collection. Penn was a fashionable resedential are during this time. In 1883 it became the Pittsburgh club and years later the Elks club. It was demolished in 1950-1951. -
Tennis Girls
Berry Hall was a Pittsburgh Women's College. It is now Chatham University. This college was meant for only women considering that Western University only allowed women to join. -
Allegheny County Courthouse & Jail
The Allegheny courthouse and jail was built in 1888 by Hobson Richardson. The Building itself was admired by many of the citizens and visitors of Pittsburgh. Replaced by John Chislett;s courthouse. -
HomeStead Strike
During this strike and unknown person fired a shot and this caused mad chaos. There ended up being 14 dead, 11 steel workers and 3 pinkertons. -
Ferris Wheel
The Ferris whell was invented in 1893. During the chicago world's exposion 1,453 people rode the ferris wheel. -
Downtown skyscrapers
New skyscrapers were being built to downtown Pittsburgh. The tallest one during this time was the Frick building. -
Luna Park
Luna park was built on the aspinwall estate. Crowds of 35,000 people would be at Luna Park nightly. There were aerial acts, bands, rides, lions and many other fun attractions. In 1907 a women was attacked by a lion and the park closed down in 1909. -
Pittsburg v. Pittsburgh
I know that one letter in a name doesn't seem like that big of a deal but when a city is so old and it's so accustomed to this certain name it sticks so it was a real problem when from 1890 all the way until 1911 the h was taken out of the word Pittsburgh. This was a probld=em for Pittsburghers considering they had the name Pittsburgh for so long and to have it taken really upset them. They fought and fought and in 1911 the H was returned. -
University of Pittsburgh
The original University of Pittsburgh was in the Northside but it was moved to Frick Area which si present day Oakland.THe center of the Pitt Campus is the Cathedral of Learning which is a skyscraper made by Charles Klauder. -
John Kane
John Kane was a house painter, miner, mill worker, laborer, and still made time to draw and make his art. He would sketch during his lunch breaks and in his bedroom he had a studio were he would draw and paint using oils, pastels, and crayons. In 1967 Kane debuted at the Carnegie International. -
KDKA
Will Roger and Ziegfield Follies did special broadcasts. On November 2, 1920 the World's first radio broadcast aired and it happen to be about the presedential election. -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was know for being a really amazing pilot who was the first to do many things involving the plane. On August 3, 1927 he visited the Pitt Stadium and when he arrived there was a huge crowd ready to great him. -
Liberty Tubes
The $6 million Liberty Tubes or Tunnels was completed in 1924 and the bridge was completed March 17, 1928. On this day for 90 minutes straight cars were driving on the bridge to the tubes. -
Hill House
The Irene Kaufmann, present day Hill House, was founded in 1897 and was founded to aid immigrants settling in the hill district. The settlement was named after Henry Kaufmann's daighter. -
Pittsburgh's Redevolopment
During 1952-1954 the City was destroying old buildings and starting new buildings. The Equitable Life's Gateway Center was the first of downtown's redevelopment projects. The Christian Science Monitor viewed the Triangle as a "ready symbol of the new city's stirring hope in a depressed people like the V-for-victory sign." -
Harvey Haddix
On May 26, 1959 Harvey Haddix became the first pitcher in baseball history to throw 12 perfect innings. -
Civic Arena
In April 1960 the $22.5 million Civic Aena was starting to take shape. The Arena was founded by Edgar J. Kaufmann and designed by Mitchell and Ritchey. It had the worlds largest retractabel dome. Some of the name choices for the Civic Arena were the Auditoridome, the Big Beanie, and the Renasaucer. Its officeial name was the Civic Auditorium ,but most people called it the Civic Arena. The reason they chose arena over auditorium is because Civic Arena fit on road signs better than Civic Auditroiu -
Carlow College
Sr. Jane Scully, president of Carlow College from 1967 to 1982., became the first women to ever be elected to the board of directors of Gulf Oil Corporation in 1975. During her tenure the college, now a university, changed it's name from Mount Mercy to Carlow. -
Death of MLK reaction
Rioting in thye Hill District and other neighborhoods in Pittsburgh was all caused by the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The death of Dr. King caused 505 fires, one death, millions in theft, trade losses, police, and National Guard costs, $620,000 in property damage, and 926 arrests. -
East Liberty Pedestrian Mall
The new East Liberty pedestrian mall with fountains and seating areas was dedicated in June 1968. In order to create the mall streets were closed to cars and narrowed to create wide sidewalks shoppers stayed home in droves. -
Walt Harper breathes life into Market Square
Walt Harper, a jazz pianist, brought life back intot he nocturnal scene of Market Square. Harper grew up into a musical family and before opening up his own club he was a mainstay at the Crawford Grill. After the attic closed in 1976, he ran Harper's Jazz Both clubs that feutured such jazz artists as Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Carmen McCrae, and Lionel Hampton. -
The evolution of the Point
The after effects of the tropical storm Agnes was 35.82 feet of water, Point Park was inundated, and many low-lying communiteis flooded. The damaged was estimated around $45 million. It woould have been more if the dams and reservoirs weren't put in after the flood of 1936. In June 1974 Leonard Michaels and Bob Chrisity worked on the mechanics of the fountain. Dedicate din August 1974, the fountain, with a soaring 150-foot spray was the final compnent of Point State Park.
