Pittsburgh's History

  • George washigton

    George washigton

    22 year olds george washigton led two virginia companies to great medows to dislodge the french and thier american allies.
  • attempt for the new world

    attempt for the new world

    england founded in its attempt to win the new world until the brilliant agressive william pitt elder came to his power in 1757 as prime minister his leadership resulted in british victories both in europe and french.
  • Marquis Duquesne

    Marquis Duquesne

    stirred brtish colonist to action with plan to erect military forts from st lawrence to mississippi. but failing supply lines from distance bases forced him to stop with the third, Fort Duquense a stockable fort at the forks of the Ohio.In 1758 French destroyed it just before they took flight.
  • john forbes

    john forbes

    illness compelled british gerneral john forbes to direct the last six weeks of his victories march to fort duquense from a litter suspended between two horses. he died in march 1759. almost four month after the british took the forks on november 25, 1758. forbes named the land at the confluence pittsborough
  • Fort pitt

    Fort pitt

    completed in winter 1761, fort pitt was the last largest of five forts built by the british and the french at the forks of the ohio as they fought for control of the land
  • Slavery

    Slavery

    Pittsburgh abolished slavery
  • Ebenezer Denny-Pittsburgh (bourgh to city)

    Ebenezer Denny-Pittsburgh (bourgh to city)

    He became the first major in pittsburgh also he was a war solider, merchant and one timer partner of Gen.James O'Hara in house building.
  • neville.B Craig, John Scull

    neville.B Craig, John Scull

    He founded the pittsburgh Post-Gazette He was the Publisher and editor founder of history of the city.
  • Martin Delaney

    Martin Delaney

    editor of mystery: Harvard med graduate, major in the army, 1st african american field officer in civil war.
  • John Roebling

    John Roebling

    -1841 developed first wire rope used for brideges
    -1845-1847 first cable suspension bridge over Monogohela River
  • Jane Grey

    Jane Grey

    published pittsburgh saturday visiters mainly- Explained abolitionist views and she fought for women rights.
  • Lafayette Hall

    Lafayette Hall

    Formation of pennsylvania rebublican party- wrote in the gazette also it was the cite of the reblican convention it was torn down in 1845
  • James Grant, Grant Hill

    James Grant, Grant Hill

    Defeated the french there. So there was also the vantage point picnic spot and it slowly was removed.
  • Sanitary Commision

    Sanitary Commision

    was organized in the war to send medical aid to the front lines. it raised $322,217
  • Henry K. Potter

    Henry K. Potter

    He Produced the first lightswitching locomotives in lawrenceville plant under the name smith and potter
  • Maj.Gen.James scott Negley

    Maj.Gen.James scott Negley

    retired to new york city lived in pittsburgh was in the battle of chattanoga he was also a verteran in the mexican war and later a commander of the state militia.
  • george westinghouse

    george westinghouse

    at age 22, he introduced the air brake, the first effective means of stopping heavy trains
  • Begining of steel

    Begining of steel

    Smokey and fire Iron city to steel city "Hell wtih the the lid taken off"
  • Monongohela incline

    Monongohela incline

    city's first incline
  • Marry Cassatt

    Marry Cassatt

    Made a famous mural in the cathedral
  • Rodman gun

    Rodman gun

    Largest gun in the world Pittsburgh was making war supplies for the union
  • Pittsburgh Dollar Bank

    Pittsburgh Dollar Bank

    Opened doors, buildings completed 1871 Architect Isac Hobbs
  • Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie

    opened first plant to produced bessemer steel on a mass scale
  • Duquense incline

    Duquense incline

    47,000 dollars to build by 1880 500,000 people has ridden it
  • Thomas Mellon

    Thomas Mellon

    he married sarah jane negley he also was a judge of common plea court he opened t.mellon and sons bank on smithfield street
  • Smithfield street bridge

    Smithfield street bridge

    seperated carriges/wagons from horse-drawn trolleys modernizedin 1915. Rehabilitatiion completed in 1990's
  • Gustav Lindenthal

    Gustav Lindenthal

    He was the designer of the smithfield street bridge
  • william wilkins- Monogohela house hotel

    william wilkins- Monogohela house hotel

    his estate propery was in homewood and wilkinsburgh
  • Allegheny Courthouse and Jail

    Allegheny Courthouse and Jail

    built in 1888 henry hobson richardson waas the architect it was a well admired building in pittsburgh it was imitated
  • PITTSBURG --- PITTSBURGH

    pittsburgh had no "H" in its name
    in 1911 spelling with an "H" was restored
  • berry hall pittsburgh femal colledge

    berry hall pittsburgh femal colledge

    womens college- western union would not accept women chatham univercity
  • Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew carnegie founded the carnegie internationals its the oldest international contemporary art North America, Second Oldest in the World
  • Henry C. Frick

    Henry C. Frick

    henry c frick accused for lockout the mills hired new workers
  • Duquense club number ix luncheon

    Duquense club number ix luncheon

    Major buiesness and industry bosses meet
  • ferris wheel - george ferris

    ferris wheel - george ferris

    1,463,611 people road at worlds exposition in chicago lived at 204 arch st north side wheel 250 feet high
  • Homestead strike

    Homestead strike

    14 people died 11 steal wokers and 3 pinkertons were lost.
  • Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie

    He belved in one man rule (he was head of all of it) competive system. Left lasting culturre places in the city
  • formation of United States Steel

    formation of United States Steel

    89 executives meet at schenly hotel charles schwab jp morgan brought out carnegie steelt 8 other steel firms
  • farmers bank bilding -frick building

    farmers bank bilding -frick building

    skyscrapers new to downtown frick building was tallest building at the time
  • Andrew Williams Mellon

    Andrew Williams Mellon

    mellon national bank very powerful empire
    more money from coal coke railroad oil steel aluminum
  • triangular wabush terminal

    triangular wabush terminal

    located on every street now called stanwix street and liberty avenue it was a busy travel center
  • Luna Park

    Luna Park

    built on the aspin wall estate
    crouds of 35,000 people nightly
    lion killed women
    burned down in 1909
  • George w. Guthrie

    George w. Guthrie

    was elected mayor he served 4 years
  • Fred Clarke

    Fred Clarke

    won 110 leage games and the world series
  • Pittsburgh survey

    Pittsburgh survey

    researchers gathered information about people places, things of city-lewis hine joseph stelle helped w/ publication (photographer) (artists)
  • clumberland w Posey

    clumberland w Posey

    son of the founder of the pittsburgh courier he organized a group of homestead workers into a club it was one of the greatest baseball clubs
  • Richard mellon

    Richard mellon

    established mellon insititute for industry research built a ten million dollar building on 5th and bell field
  • Dr frank conrad

    Dr frank conrad

    experimented with wireless telephone led to radiostation KDKA was born
  • Henry Clay Frick

    Henry Clay Frick

    interdependence/ rules by board of directions clashed with carnegie .left lasting cultural places in the city
  • KDKA radio

    KDKA radio

    will rodgers and zigfield folks special broadcast it was the worlds first radio station broadcast hording and cox pres . election
  • Univercity of pittsburgh Cathedral of learning

    Univercity of pittsburgh Cathedral of learning

    Built on site of frick acers/ Oakland moved from the northside it is a skyscraper built by charles Klauder it is in the center of pitt campus
  • Liberty Tube and liberty bridge

    Liberty Tube and liberty bridge

    liberty tubes was completed opened
  • Charles Lindberg

    Charles Lindberg

    Famous pilot hero Visted pitt stadium to a huge crowd
  • James R Cox

    James R Cox

    St patricks day parish 15,000 men marched to washignton asking for relief from president hoover jobless party declared jobless party
  • louis americus oyster bar

    louis americus oyster bar

    lagalized 3.2% beer oyster bar in market square
  • Henrietta lever Frank vittor

    Henrietta lever Frank vittor

    she was niss america passed in bathing suit vittor made sculpture nude she didnt like it so she took vitter to court to put bathing suit on jury decided to it was "true and buetiful"
  • George Westinghouse

    George Westinghouse

    he announced a new experiment projdct that it hoped would solve "much of the mystery surrounding the structure of matter"
  • John Kane

    John Kane

    house pinter miner mill worker laboror sketch during lunch that is what he would do all the time studio where he used oils pastels crayons that is the type of materials he used to draw and make paintings 67 debuted aqt carniegie internationals
  • Terrace village

    Terrace village

    terrqace village is a part of the hill district
  • david l lawrence

    david l lawrence

    was an american polition who served as the 37th governor of pittsburgh from 1959 to 1963
  • mellon square park

    mellon square park

    Is an urban park downtown pittburgh it is the first modenist park built above a parking garage
  • king tutankhamens tomb added to kennywood

    king tutankhamens tomb added to kennywood

    it was inspired by the real kings tuts tomb opening in eygpt
  • Stephen Foster

    Stephen Foster

    he was a songwriter wrote"Hard times come again no more" it was about life in the city and the plantation. he was born in lawrenceville, wrote 189 songs -inspired by people around him.