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Robert Dinwiddie
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George Washington
George Wasington was a major in the Virgina Milita. He worte a letter that describes the three rivres. -
William Pitt
England was trying to get an attempt at to win the new world until Willam Pitt the elder came into power as a prime minister.With him leading it resulted in British wins in Europe and in the French and Indan war. -
Fort Duquene
Was built at the Ohio river -
Forbes Died
John Forbes general but in his last six weeks he had to direct from letters sent. They where receved and sent between two hourses. He died in March 1759 and four months after the british took over the forts in 1758. -
BlockHouse
The blockhouse is the oldest house in pittsburgh. -
Slavery Mystery
This is when Pennsylvania ended slavery and all of the newspapers argued for them to end it. -
Steven Foster
Steven Foster wrote the song "Hard Times Come No More" in 1826 -
John Roebling
Devlopeed the first wire rope used for bridges. -
Martin Delany
The person that worte the Mystery. He was a Havvard med. graduate. He was the first african american major in the army in the cival war. -
Andrew Carngie
He returned $500 to the train station. A few years later he was at the offical rail road. -
First Train
People gathered to see the train that came from the east traveled 15 hours from Philly -
David White
Did formantion of Pennsylvania republican party he worte ut in the post gazette -
St. Pauls Cathedral
It was built in 1855. There was a painting by Mary Cussatt in 1870. In 1877 there was a fire and the moral burined on the fire. -
Benny Hall
This was a womans college. This college was uses to give women opportunites for higher education that women where denied. -
Mongahela Incline
Was Pittisburghs first incline. -
Duquesne Incline
Incline was built in 1877 for 47,000 and had attracheted 500,000 passeangers by 1880. -
Thomas Mellon
He grew up on westmore country farm. He had two professions one was he was a judge his second was owning a bank that he later opened up with his sons. -
Smithfeild St. Bridge
The bridge was designed by Gustavo Widendal. This bridge separated carages/wagons from hourse drawn trails. -
Homestead Strike
On July 6th 11 steelworkers and 3 pinkerton died.It is called one of the bloodiest strikes in American Labor History. -
George Ferris
He was the inventor of the Ferris Wheel. In 1893 in chiago 1,453,611 people rode at the worlds expostion. The wheel was 250 feet high. -
Carnegie-Rockofeller
Eighty nine exctives of Carnegie companies gathered for dinner in the Schenly Hotel ballroom. One of them was Charles Schwab.Who was scared of the Carniege-Rockofeller steel war had tragic results he pleaded for industrial peace. -
Andrew William Mellon
Became the head of T.Mellon and Sons Bank. Him and his brther compined intrestest in coal, coke, steel, aluminum, oil, railroads , and a lot more. When they did that it turn them into one of the greatesst finatuical bank in the world. -
Luna Park
Built on Aspinwall eState. The croweds of 35,000 nightly. In 1902 a lion killed a woman. In 1909 it burned. -
Frank Conrad
He expermented with Wireless telephone and he he was on the KDKA radio station. -
Univ. of Pittsburgh cathedral of leaarning
Built on the site of frick Aches/Oakland. Moved off of the north side to Oakland. Center of Pitt campus its a skyscraper -
KDKA radio
Will rodgers and the Ziegfield follies had a special brodcast. It was the worlds first scheduled broadcast. -
Charles Lindbergh
He was a famous pilot and they called him a hero. He Visted the Pitt stadium to a huge crowd. -
Liberty Tubes/Liberty Birdge
The liberty tubes where created in 1924. The Liberty bridge was opened in 1928. -
John Kane
Hes a house panrier, miner mail worker and a labor. He uded to sketch during his lunch time; He had a studio where he used oil pateles and crayons. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
He came to inspect the homested works and the mesta machine plant. The both of them were big imporant producers of war. He donated to Terrance Village back then was the second largest public housing project. -
Ships World War II
Pittsburgh was key to building ships for the war and other things on the sea.Hundreds of ships went into the Ohio river for the war. In 1944 LST-750 finaced entirly by $5 million of war bonds in front of 25,000 people. -
War Ending
Some if 192,000 men and women in the army just from Allegheny county.About 5,800 of them had given there lives.Among its 4,000 industries the pittsburgh district made 19 billion worth of munitions and war goods. -
Soldiers Come Home
War ending brought soldiers, sailers and regular people into confedie filled streets.The sounds of fire crackers tooting horns and whistel blowings filled the air of Smithfield street. -
Smokey Skies
Before the no smoke laws it was common for the skies to be sourounded in darkness at 9:20 in the morning. -
Harvey Haddix
He was the first pitcher in baseball history to throw 12 perfect innings before a double was hit in the 13th inning. -
Civic Arena
The civic arena was made and founded by Edgar J. Kaufman. It was featured as the worlds largest retractible dome. People t first didnt know what ti call it at first they called it tthe Civic Autiturum then the Civic Arena. -
Dan Marino
Dan Marion signs his letter of intenet to the University of Pittsburgh. After he was a star at Central Cathiloc he was Pitts best recurit since Tony Dorsett. After his time there he went and played professinal for the Miami Dolphins. -
Richard Caliguiri
A visionary leader and compete administrater whho came up through the parks and recreation department to win a seat on Pittsburgh City Council inspired the 1980s downtown department building boom know as the Renissance II. -
Homestead Works
This had emp;oyed 10,000 and it was reduced to rubble and hauled away. After this was done 10 years later a shopping center opened up called the Waterfront, part strip mall, part Disneyesque. -
Carnegie Museums
The Andy Warhol Museum that open in 1994 on the North Side celebrating the life and works of one of Americas most powerful artist. -
The Bus
Jerome Bettis last season in 2006. Lead the steelers to a super bowl victory over the Seahawks in a 21-10 in super bowl XL. -
Mario Lemieux
He goes into reterment in 1997 His banner was raised into the rafters of the Civic Arena. He tried to come back in 2000 but retierd in 2006 again because of health problems he stopped the first time.
