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Washington meet Half King
Washington meets with Half-King to build a trading post for Virginia (British) at the Forks of the Ohio. -
Gen. Braddock and Battle of the Monongahela. Braddock is killed.
When Gen Braddock was killed in battle the men buried him in the wood. He was buried without a grave stone. Then the men then walked over his grave so no one would find his body and disrespect it. -
Mary Jemison is captured
Mary Jemison and her familiy were captured from there homes by Native American -
Mary Jemison adopted by Seneca Nation
When Mary was captured by the Native American They killed her family. Mary and a boy we lives were spared their lives. The Native Americans made Mary become a part of their tribe -
Smallpox ravages Native American villages
When the settlers came from Europe they brought disease to the new world. The Native Americans bodies were not used to all this new bacteria so therefor they got sick and most died. -
Stephen Collin Froster
Great songwritter from pittsburgh -
Court House
The cout house suriveied the pittsburgh fire. the court house is located on Grants Hill. -
Jhon Roebling
ohn Augustus Roebling was a German-born American civil engineer. He is famous for his wire rope suspension bridge designs, in particular, the design of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Smithfeild street Bridge -
Rodman Gun
Rodman gun refers to a series of American Civil War–era columbiads designed by Union artilleryman Thomas Jackson Rodman (1815–1871). The guns were designed to fire both shot and shell. These heavy guns were intended to be mounted in seacoast fortifications. -
Luna Park/Kennywood opens a few years later
Luna Park was an amusement park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, from 1905 to 1909.[1] Constructed and owned by Frederick Ingersoll, the park occupied a 16 acre[2] hilly site bounded by Baum Boulevard, North Craig Street, and Centre Avenue, and included roller coasters, picnic pavilions, carousels, a fun house, a Ferris wheel, a roller rink, a shoot-the-chutes ride, a concert shell, a dance hall, bumper cars, and a baby incubator exhibit. In its brief existence, the park featured regular perfor -
Pirates World Series
The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series champions -
Homestead Grays/National Negro League
he Homestead Grays club is, perhaps, black baseball's most storied franchise. Formed in 1912 by Cumberland Posey, the Grays would be in continuous operation for 38 seasons. -
Henry Heinz dies
Henry John Heinz was an American businessman of German descent who founded the H. J. Heinz Company. Heinz Field, which is the Home of the Pittsburgh Steelers NFL team, is named in his honor -
Liberty Tubes
The Liberty Tunnels are a pair of tunnels located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that allow motorists to travel between the South Hills of Pittsburgh and the city, through Mt. Washington -
Cathedral of Learning
The Cathedral of Learning, a Pittsburgh landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is the centerpiece of the University of Pittsburgh's main campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States -
St. Patrick’s Day Flood
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Westinghouse’s Atom Smasher
The four-story weathered object, which resembles a giant light bulb, is the genesis of the Westinghouse Electric Corp.'s foray into nuclear power — a 1937 van de Graaff particle accelerator, the world's first industrial atom smasher. -
Neville Island shipbuilding for WWII
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers -
Suburbs (Penn Hills)
Penn Hills is a large Home Rule Municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 42,329, making it Pittsburgh's second largest suburb by population -
Civic Arena; Hill District redevelopment
Civic Arena was an arena located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Civic Arena primarily served as the home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the city's National Hockey League franchise, from 1967 to 2010 -
- Pirates win World Series, Bill Mazeroski
Pirates win World Series, -
Andy Warhol musuem
The Andy Warhol Museum, located on the North Shore of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, near the intersection of Interstate 279 and Interstate 579. It is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist. Wikipedia -
Three rivers stadium is gone
hree Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. -
Jerome Bettis
Jerome Abram Bettis Sr., nicknamed "The Bus," is a former American football halfback who played for the St. Louis Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. Bettis is sixth on the list of NFL rushing yards leaders. -
G20 Summit
The following list of G-20 summits summarizes all Group of 20 conferences held by different levels of government: heads of government, finance ministers and central bank governors, and employment and labour ministers of the G-20 major economies. -
Consol Energy Center/Demolition of Mellon Arena
Consol Energy Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the Uptown area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -
Fountain re-opens at Point
A crowd of nearly 3,000 gathered around the Point and floated on boats in the rivers for the redesigned fountain's debut. Its renovation was part of a larger, six-year long, $40 million project to rejuvenate Point State Park, which draws 3 million visitors annually. Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/point-state-park-welcomes-back-its-fountain-after-four-year-rehabilitation-690825/#ixzz2YrAXYu4i
