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Early Settlement
In April 1754, George Washington led an army to try and push the french out of the great medows. They were unsuccessful and Washington had to retread -
Letters to Dinwiddle
In 1753, George Washingtin was a major ini the Virginia Militia. At the time, Robert Dinwiddle was the governor of Vurginia. George Washington would send letters to Dinwiddle discribing the advantages and there disadvantages. -
William Pitt Take Over
In 1757, England found a new leader. His name was William Pitt. He was not onjly brilliant, but was also agressive. His leadership resulted in British victories in both Europe and French & Indian war. -
Fort Destroyed
A man named Marquis Duquesne built a fort at the Ohio River forks. This is where they met and the French & Indian war began. At the end, the British won and destoryed the fort. -
Fort PItt
In the year of 1761, the last and largest of five forts was built. It was created by the British and French at the forks of the Ohio as they fought for the land. -
Pittsburgh Block House
In 1764, what is now the oldest brickhouse still standing is Pittsburgh blockhouse. -
Slavery
Pensylvania was the first state to outlaw slavery in 1780 -
Firat real estate
Isaac Craig and Stephan Bayard bought 1st real estate n 1783 -
John Scull
John Scull was the founnder of the Pittsburhg Post Gazzete. The Post Gazzete was the 1st newspaper of the West Alleghenies. -
George Anschutz
George Anschutz was another famous inventer. In 1792, he inventer the iron furnace. -
Fort Ruins
In 1796, Fort Pitt was in ruins. All the ramparts were weathering away and the bricks had been taken to build some of the towns earliest houses. -
Ebenezer Denny
Ebenezer Denny built the Burke's building. This was Pittsburgh first office building. -
John Chislett
Built the Allegheny CountyCOurt House in 1842 -
John Roebling
In 1841 Roebling devfeloped the first wire rope -
Pgh Great Fire
On April 10, 1845 a great fire broke out and destroys half of the city. This disaster left nearly 12,000 people homeless. -
PGH fire Disaster
On April 10, 1845 a great fire broke out and destroys half of the city. This disaster left nearly 12,000 people homeless. -
John Roebling
In 1845-1847, John usedd the rope he created a few years back to design the wrolds first cable suspension bridge. -
Stephen Foster
Stephen Foster was a song writer. One of his songs he wrote is "Hard Times Come Again". He was born July 4, 1826 and was raised in Lawrenceville. He wrote a total of 189 songs. he was inspired by the people around him. -
Martin R. Delaney
Martin Delaney was the editor of "The Mystory". He went to Harvard Medical school and was a major ion the army. He was also the first african american field officier in the civil war. -
Jane Grey Swisshelm
Jane Swisshelm published PGH Saturday Visitor. She explained abolishinist views and fought for women rights. -
News on slavery
In the newspapers back in 1846-1859, there has been an arguement in the newpapers on slavery to end. -
Mary Cassatt
In 1855 Mary Cassat painted a mural in Italy for the Cathedral. It is thought to have been destroyed in a fire that consumed a cathedral chapel in 1877. -
PGH Dollar Bank Savings Institute
The PGH Dollar bank was completed by 1871. The was a statue of lions in front of the historic building. They were made up of red sand stone. The architect who developed this historic landmarks name was Isaac Hobbs. -
David N. White
In the year of 1855, David White published the first call for formation of Pennsylvania Republiication Party. The site of the publication convention got torn down in 1895 -
Major Gen. James Scott Negley
James Negley served in war, was a congress, then retired and moved to New York. He served in war as the commander of the state malitia. -
Kloman Brothers, Lauth and Comp., J&L Steel corp.
In 1860, Rails were made in large quantities, to meet the demands of rapidly expanding railroads. -
Rodman Gun
The Rodman gun was a huge cannon used for battle in the Civil War. It is known as the worlds largest gun. This gun was made in Pittsburgh because we were making guns for the union -
Sanitary Commission Fair
The Sanitary Commission Fair was used to send medical aid to the front lines. The host of this fair ws Felix Brunot. -
George Westing House
George Westinghouse was a famous inventer. In 1866, he invented the air brake. An air brake is a tool the stops heavy trains. -
Beggining of steel
In 1868, Pittsbugh was full of fire and smoke, smoke from making steel in factories. So much steel was being made, that the nickname changed from Iron City to Steel City. People called Pittsburgh Hell with the lid taken off. -
Monogahela Incline
This was the first incline in Pittsburgh -
Andrew Carnagie
Andrew Carnagie opend the first plant to produce Bessemer Steel on a scale back in 1875. -
Duquesne & Monongahela Incline
The Duquesne incline took $47,000 to build. By 1880, 500,000 people had ridden it. The monogahela incline was the citys 1st incline. -
Thomas Mellon
Thomas Mellon was first a judge of common pleas court. Originally from Ireland, he was a farther of 8 and married to Sarah Jane Negley ini 1843. He first founded the Mellon Bank back in 1869 -
Smithfield St. Bridge
This bridge is trhe second oldest steel bridge in the U.S. This bridge separated carriage and wagon traffic from horse drawn trolleys. The bridge was moderinized in 1915 and rehabed in the 1900s. The designer of the bridge is Gustav Lindenthal. -
Berry Hall
Berry Hall was an all female college. This is because Western University wouldn't admint women. Western University was later changed to Chatham University. -
Alleghany County courthouse and jail
The courthouse and jail was first built in 1889. It replaced John Chisetts courthouose after when it was burned down in 1882. The archectect was Henry Hobson R. -
Pittsburg & Pittsburgh
In 1890, the city oh Pittsburgh was spelled without an "h' at the end. In 1911, it was later changed with the letter "h" restored. -
Homwstead Strike
IN 1892, factory workers went on striike. At this time, the owner of the factory had to call in allot of guards to defend himself and the factory. 14 people were dead at the end of all this(11 steel workers and 3 guards). The pinkertons(guards) ended up losing the battle. New workers were hired. -
Andrew Carnagie
In 1896, he founded the Carnagie International. This is the second oldest exhibition in the world. -
Farmers Bank & Frick Building
The farmers Bank Buiilding and frick building were the new skyscrapers to downtown. In 1902, Frick was the tallest at the time. -
Andrew William Mellon
The Mellon Nation Bank is named after Andrew Mellon. He was a very powerful man who had an empire. He mostly made his money from coal, coke, aluminum, oil, steel, and railroads. -
A PGH Survey
The PGH survey was researchers that gathered info about people, places, and things of the city. Two men who helped with the publication was Lewis Hine and Joseph Stello. -
Richard Mellon
Richard Mellon, Andrew Mellons brother, established Mellon Institute for industrial research -
Dr. Frank Conrad
Dr. Frank Conrad experimented with the wireless telephone. This experiment led to him creating the biggest and most popular radio station of all time, KDKA Radio. -
University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning
The Cathedral of Learning was built on the site of frick acres/ Oakland. It moved from the Northside to there. It's the center of Pitts Campus. They calleed it the sky scraper, built by Charles Klauder. -
Liberty Tubes & Liberty Bridge
In 1924, the liberty tubes had been completed. Fours years after that, the Liberty Bridge had been completed on March 27, 1928. -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh is a famous pilot. He visted Pitt stadium to a huge crowd and was called the hero of the day. -
Rev. James R. Cox
In 1930, a jobless party of 15,000 men led by Rev. James Cox marched to Washington in January 1932. -
Louis Americus's Oyster Bar
On April 7, 1933 at 12:01 a.m. legalized 3.2 % of beer was gulped in this very bar in Pittsburgh. Now, Louis Americus's Oyster Bar had changed its name to Oyster Bar. -
Frank Vittor and Henrietta Leaver
Frank Vittor was a famous sculptor. He sculpted a statue of a women in a bathing suit but the sculpture was nude. He and Henrietta later went to court about this, but the jry decided that it was true and beautiful work of art. -
John Kane
John Kane was a house painter, miner, mill workerr, and a laborer. He lived in a studio where he did most of his art. -
Dr. William E. Shoupp
Dr. William E. Shoupp created the worlds first atom smasher. Then, right after that he disciverd photofission,m the 1st to split uranium atoms. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Came to Pittsburgh to inspect the Homestead Works and Mesta Machine plant. This machine were both important producers of war armament, and to dedicate Terrance Village. Roosevelt was welcomed to a cheering xrowd with the Mayor and Senate. -
World War 2
Around 1944 during Wolrd War 2, there was a huge ships called LST's. They carried around tanks and army equitment worth around $5 million. On Memorial Day, one of them took sail on the Ohio River -
World War 2 Ends
When the war ended, soilders, sailors, and civilians all crowded the streets and celebrated. The streets were fillied with people and confetti while people blew on whistles and tooted horns. At the same time, Dorothy Nesbitt sang songs from a Jeep. -
Richard King Mellon
Had a carrer at the Mellon Bank as a messagenegr and rose to president in 1934 at the age of 35. He learned from a quote from his father that said, "live where you work, and work where you live." -
Bill Mazeroski
Won the World Series with the Pirates. At the bottom of the 9th enning, he hit a homer. People call it the greatest moment in Pittsburgh sports history. -
Civic Arena Created
In 1960, the Civic Arena took its shape. It cost about $22.5 million to build what was the Pittsburgh Penguins home. When this was first created, Pittsbughers had many names for it. But, the official name of the buildong was Civic Auditorium. -
John F. Kennedy
In 1962, John F. Kennedy adressed a crowd of about 8,300 people at the Pitt Field house. Unfortunately, he was later assainated in Dallas. -
I.W. Abel
This man wasa handed the gravvel as president of the U.S. Steelworkers by David J. McDonald.Abel worked to improve workplace health and saftey and garentee pensions. -
Pres. Gerald Ford
President Gerald Ford in 1974 commited to federal aid for day to day operations of finacially troubled transit systems. -
Myron Cope
Myron Cope was the radio broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Steelers.He did this for a total of 35 years. People say he gave a perfect pitch of chutzpa, modesty, comedy, compassion, passion, and intellect. He died in 2008. -
Willie Stargell
Willie Stargell is a retired hall of fame outfielder and first basemen of the Pittsburgh Pirates. His carrer last for 20 years and hit up to about 475 homeruns. He later died in the month of April 2001. -
Herbert Simon
Herbert Simon was the Carnagie Mellon professor for 52 years. He was the leader in computor science and got a nobel prize in 1978 in economics. -
Dorothy Six
Dorothy six was one of the worlds buggest blasts furnace. In 1988, it came too a craching end in Duquesne. -
Homestead Works
The Homestead Works employed 10,000 people and got torn down in 1989. Once it got torn down, it turned in to the Waterfront, park strip Mall. -
Andy Warhol Museum
The Andy Warhol Museum first opened in 1994 on the Northside. This musuem collected its own substantial collection of Warhols work. -
G20 Summit
The G20 summit was a meeting of the leaders of the 20 most powerful countries. This was held at the David Lawrence Convention Center. -
Mellon Arena
The Mellon Arena was the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins. These building was a historic mark in Pittsburgh and had the nickname, "The Globe". In 2010, the Mellon Arena got torn down and is now used for a parking lot. -
Riot on Hill District
After MLK's death, a riot occured on the Hill District. This caused a total of 505 fires, a womens death, 926 arrest, and $620,000 in property damage. -
Robert Ferris Prince
Robert Ferris Prince was the broardcaster from 1948-1975. he died in 1985. He was knewn for giving most of the pirates nicknames. -
UPMC
In 2001, UPMC became the worlds largest academic hospital in the Nation.
