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It was on the western frontier, now western Pennnsylvania, 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 defeat them, settng the stage for white settlement
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He was the prime minister of england, Because of him,they won a war in europe and the french and indian war
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He had a plan to build forts. He stopped with the third fort ft.Duquesne, the french later destroyed it
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forbes named the land Pitttsburo in honor of William penn. he was a British general.
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On the ocasion of the city's 100th birthday, many Pittsburghers stopped at Hunt and Miners bookstore on fifth street, to buy a copy of the centennial celebration keepsake. the author/editor, Joseph M.Kinkead, hoped in print that purchasers would "lay away a copy of this, nearly folded somewhere in the househould.
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it was the last and largest of the forts built by the British and French
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its the oldest building in Pittsburrgh
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Streets were built, apartment buildings were built, a markket was built and a courthouse was built. Boat builders started to make pittsburgh in the process.
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George Anshutz built the first iron firnace here in 1792, William kelly experimented with a new kind of metal in 1847,and in england , Henry bessemer developed steelmaking out of kellys process. But it all stems from George Anshutz nuilding the first iron furnace
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From 1803 on, touring theatrical companies staged plays in pittsburgh. The pittsburgh theater, better known as the old dury was on fifth street. Every oppurtunity to go to the theater was eagerly embraced.
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They were in advel because of a political argument- Bates was killed. in the dual
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It projected from the blufff into the city named for James Grant. He was killed in 1857
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canal boats crossed the Allegheny River by aquedu ct to a basin at the present site of the pennsylvanian apartments.
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He was the first mayor of pittsburgh. A borough was switched to a city at the time also.
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boats coming to pittsburgh for buissness. also they would ship stuff.
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Americas first songwriter. He wrote 189 songs in his short troubled life.
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Craig was the influential Publisher and editor of the pittsburgh post gazzete. Craig also authored the city's first published history in 1851
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Thomas Mellon was a judgeat this time, in 1843 he had eight children. After 10 years of being a judge he later oped T.Mellon and Sons bank on Smithsfield street which backed most of Pittsburghs industrial growth
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He developed the first wire rope in 1841. he designed the worlds first cable suspension bridge.
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Charles Dickens, traveling from Baltimore in 1842, took a packet boat from harrisburgh to pittsburgh. In his 'American notes". he wrote that he found both the accommadations and the travleres primitive.
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Pennsylvania was the first state3 to outlaw slavery
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one of several antislavery weeklies published in pittsburgh was the Mystery
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she was the first pittsburgh women to den tthe mans world. she was against slavery
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A 500 draft was found by Andrew Carnegie he then later returned it. After a few years he ended up working at the pennsylvania railroad
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a crowd gathered in east liberty to welcome the firsggt through tran from the east. Which had scaled the mountains via included inclined planes. the train took fifdteen hours from pittsburgh to philadelphia.
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He waa a gazette editor. He published the first call for formation of pennsylvania Republican party in 1855
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its th echurch that the pope is home to. It got burned down.
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Nine deposits were made in july 1855, when the pittsburgh dollar savings instituion open, It was built by a man named Isaac Hobbs and completed in 1871, it still stands to this day
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Crude Oil from the titusville area, where col.edwin.l.Drake had brought in the first well in 1859, was transported down to the Allegheny River by flatboat
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Pittsburgh first fire brigade, The eagle volunteer fire company was organized in 1794, and by 1815. They had competitors. In 1859 they got a steam engne,a steam boat,and a engine builder by then they where atop there competitors
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on the housecars inaugural run on August 6th the ride as pleasantly as though he were sitting this was the first cable car
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rails where starting to come in large quantities so that they could make more railroads. Pittsburgh's iron industry boomed.
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The rodman gun was one of many produced during the civil war by the C. Knapp Foundry.
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One of pittsburgh's outstanding military figures was Maj . Gen James Scottg Negley, the hatless officer shown with his men on Lookout Mountain during a lullin the battle of Chattanooga.
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Following the war, Pittsburghs glass industry continued to grow, at one time comprising 62 seperate factories. A number were in Birmingham (South side).
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The pittsburgh Sanitary Commision was organized early in the war to send medical aid to the front lines
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in 1866 Henrey.K.Porter produced light switching locomotives in a Lawrenceville plant under the name smith and porter.
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He introduced the air brake, the first effective means for stopping heavy trains,and started manufacturing it at a powerplant. So bean a remarkable career that included alternating current, natural gas supply, the safety signal, and the electric locomotive.
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the Italiante house designed by Isaac Hobbs for insurance agent A.A Carrier, later was the music filled home of window and glass manufacturer Robert C. Schmertz.
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Cycling parties peddling out fifth avenue always stopped at Howe spring, at Highland avenue for a cool drink of pure springwater
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This was built in 1877 for 47,000, it has attracted 500,000 passengers without injury to anyone by 1880. whenever the incline was mentioned in "Scientific American", this was a must see.
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back in july 19th 1877 copice men and troopers joined up with protesters about wage cuts and layoffs. atfer supporters directed a barrage of nstones and a revolver shot at the troops, they fired into the crowd and injuried many people
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Instantily became one of America's Most admired and imitated architectural works.
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Designed by Gustov Lindennthal and opened in 1883 as successor to Roebling's span. Seperated carrige and wagon traffic from horse down trollers. This was very handy to buissnesses traveling
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"Pittsburgh female college charter" was to give young women higher education.
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They are the backbone of pittsburgh Industry and buisnness.
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This is one of the most famous parts American labor history. lockout by he Henry Clay Frick. This ended 14 dead, Frick sealed off the mill
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the 1893 second place pirates were one of baseablls strongest clubs , Jack Stenzal batted 409 Elmer Smith batted 366 and George Vann Haltren batted 350
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He made this for the m,asses of the people primarily, not for the educated few
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89 Executives of Carnegie companies gathered for dinner in the Schenley Hotel ballroom. This dinner led to pleaded industrial peace and growth through consolidation.
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he devolped one of the wworlds greatest financial empire around the mellon national bank.
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It attracted crowds up to 35,000 people nightly who came for the aerial acts, band concerts, and a shoot the chute ride into the pool of water. But after the daring lion escape and killed a women in 1907. Its popularity waned. After a fire two years later it was not rebuilt.
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He is a democrat anticorruption platform and served four years. He would review the policeforce for thanksgiving
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Railroads were a major mode of transit for some 50 years
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The Scenley Hotel opened just after the university of pittsburgh to the of the universiity of pittsburgh is Carnegie International
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under fred clarke the prates won 110 league games and the world series on this team John Peterwagner was batting champion in 8 out of his 12 seasons!!!!!
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on 1909 President William Taft saw the the pirates lose to the chcago cubs at exposition park, on meomerial day.
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cumberland posey organized a group of the "Homestead Grays" this team was built of steel literally the team was made up of steelworkers into what was to be one of baseball's greatest clubs.
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for many years the union news stand out the carnegie depot served railroad travelers,commuters with a wide variety of things
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Andrew Williams and Richerd beatty mellon established mellon institute for industrial research. later after this they ended up making 10 milllion dollars.
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1000 pittsburgers would tune in crystal sets to kdka, based in east pittsburgh, to hear returns of the Harding Cox election
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Sweet hearts and families assemble over the Duquesne way Wharf to bid sad adieu to pittsburghs first contingent of draftees.
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a parade on penn ave and in east liberty after a year in france. pittsburghs saw action with the 28th division. The enright theater on penn was named Thomas f enright of the north side. He was the first American solider killed in war .
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Back in 1918 John M Phillip founded the pennsylvania game commission and cofounded the boy scouts of america
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Once stood the country homes of the wealthy, jewish,Irish and italian immigrants settled in tenevents in the hill
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A group of 35 steelworkers, wives, who carded for the stick and needy and sponsored socklerentss
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In the world of science Dr.John a Bradshaw was known and honored for his precision instruments and lenses, which made a astronomotical discoveris of this century he is a legend
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To gain support for womens right to vote, Jennie Bradley Roessing in 1915 drove a liberty bell track over the rarel roads of pennsylvania.
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To gain Support for Woman's right to vote, Jennie Bradley in 1915 she drove a liberty bell truck over the rural roads of Pennsylvania
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westinghouse began experimenting with wireless telephones in 1916. this led to amateur station 8xk in a garage behind his wilkinsburgh home. Thus KDKA WAS BORN.
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a gift from the mellons,this became the university of pittsbueghs new campus in late 1920s
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Kennywood park changed the theme of there dark ride. In 1995 the park took Inspiration from luna park and built a lost kennywood.
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Joseph g armstrongs two grandsons undid a ribbon to open the companion liberty bridge. Automobiles right after used the tunnels to south hills
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Thousends of admirers swarmed into pitt stadium on August 3,1927, to welcome Charles Lindbergh
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Thirsty Pittsburghers began began drinking in a new era. in baarrooms everywhere, a saloon, swinging doors, this was vinatge enough to make it through pohibition
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she won the miss america crown , Aartist named frank victor made a sculpture out of her
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The worlds first industrial atom smasher appeared in forest hills. Dr.William i schoups headed research, leading to the discovery of photo fission
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William Mcnair, a born wundmill tilter. Time magazine called him, and with his magazine caled him ,with his resigstion in 1937
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he came here to inspect the Hometead works and mesta machine plant, both important producers of war arament.
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sea going vessels by the hundreds slid into the ohio river from the draco coroforcent neville island.
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congested assortments of railroads trestles, Freight yards, warehouses, manufacturing buisinesses, taverns,and rooming houses.
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in his first year in ofice a rash of utilitity hotel trollet and other similiares olluged into the city
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many pittsburgh hillside houss have one of two stories facing the street three or four in the rear .
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Mazeroski hit a walk off grand slam to win the world series for the pittsburgh pirates. this became known as the greatesgt moment in pirates history
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he addresed 8,300 people at the pitt field house and behalf democratic canidates he blew republicans away.
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Flaherty made austerityt the waten word of his administration and managed to avoid tax increasing during his first five yeaars in office.
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Tropical storm agnes struck pittsburgh after four days of heavy rain the river rose at 35.82 fet which flooded most of pittsburgh
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he became only the 11th player in baseball histroy to make 3000 hits, at age 38 he died in a plane crash
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Pirates leading homerun hitter of the 70's he was a seven time all star who had 475 homers, also he spent 20 years with the pirates
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one of the worlds biggest blast furnace , what happened was , the dorthy six was a failure to modernize, foreign imports, and comparatively high labor costs all contributed to the declinne of The American steel industry
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he helped out many neighborhoods, and he was very close with pittsburgh people and as a mayor that means alot.
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Mario Lemieux is a pittsburgh legend becuase after retirement the penguins went into bankruptcy and Lemieux took owner ship of the team and took them out of bank ruptcy making him a pittsburgh legend
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Myron cope was a legendary steelers announceer who made listening to the radio fun he died in 2008 and is known as one of the best steeler radio announcer
