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Pittsburgh is located at the fork of the Allegheny & Monongahela rivers creating a great spot for trade by way of boat, and have great military positioning
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Mary Jemison was captured and then adopted into the senecca nation
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The largest fort built by the french, the last of the 5 forts to be destroyed, and resulted in the oldest building in pittsburgh the block house
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First newspaper West of the Alleghenies
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Founded Pittsburgh Gazette, and brought printing press over the mountains to pittsburgh
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1st fire brigade in pittsburgh. Volunteered giving up their time. Eagle volunteer fire co. started.
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Touring acting companies stage played there
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Pittsburgh became a city and Ebenezer , a war veteran became its first mayor
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Born in the block house, and was publisher and editor of the Pittsburgh Gazette
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Travel became faster, you could take a 3 1/2 day tripp across Pennsylvania by train and packed boat.
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Consumed 24 blocks in the heart of the city desttroyed 1000 houses and buildings, left 12,000 people homeless.
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Developer of James o hara glasswork. Home destroyed in fire of 1845. Built home on 5th ave.
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15 hour trip from philly to east liberty. first out door crowd photo. First through trains
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made a centinental celebration keepsake for the citys hundreth birthday.
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The Gun was made in pittsburgh by C. Knapp Foundry. Largest gun on the world at the time. Pittsburgh supplied much for the war
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The sanitary fair raised $322,217. 40 booths and entertainment.
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Sent medical aid to the front lines. was held in libby prison.
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James decribing the city "Hell with the lid off" reffering to steel mills and smoke
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at 19 received a patent for a rotary steam engine, had a carier in locamotive advancements
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Built for $47,000 attracted 500000 passengers by 1880 6000 passengers on sundays in the summer
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Began to return his wealth to the comunity through Librarys and Museims
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Bloodiest labor strike in history Henry Clay locked out workers 300 Guards hired to protect mill from workers
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Largest business enterprise ever launched. Makes 67% of all steel used in the United States.
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Pittsburgh was getting skyscrampers and fine office buildings.
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Served railrode travellers newspapers and magazines
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Gifted from mellon family. Giving back to the public
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Birth of KDKA. Helped with the radio brodcast.
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Zeiegfield follies. woodstreet location. KDKA
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$6 million dollar project liberty tubes
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New campus of university of pittsburgh. better building.
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Hero famous aviator. thousands attended pittsburgh stadium.
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He was a painter . Participated in caregie independant. He lost his leg!!! 0-0
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This was the 2nd largest housing project in pittsburgh
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First catholic governer first mayor of pittsburgh to become governer
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Considered modern and spacious. second biggest airport in country
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Urban Park in downtown pittsburgh built ontop of a parking garage
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The Civic arena never made the hill area any better. There were a lot of riots arsen and robbery after Dr. Martin Luther King Jrs. Assasination
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Rachel Carson Graduated from Pennsylvannia college for women. She was a ecoologist and a scientist & author of the book silent spring
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After Martin Luther King Jr.s death their were many riots in the hill district. Arsen robbery and theft are some of the crimes committed
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They made the side walks bigger which it didnt need to because eveyone stayed inside. They ended up removeing the mal for more space in the street costing the city a lot of money
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The Fountain was the final peice to point state park. Finished in 1974 the fountain sprays its water 150 feet into the sky
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As the new world modernises and upgrades Dorothy six falls. Dorothy six was the worlds most modernized blast furnace.
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The andy warhol museum is one of the four carnegie museums. It has a lot of provocative influential art done by andy warhol.
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The Carnegie robotics team creates a vehicle for the army that can go through tough terrains
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