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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
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
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
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
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
Pittsburgh abolished slavery -
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
He founded the pittsburgh Post-Gazette He was the Publisher and editor founder of history of the city. -
Martin Delaney
editor of mystery: Harvard med graduate, major in the army, 1st african american field officer in civil war. -
John Roebling
-1841 developed first wire rope used for brideges
-1845-1847 first cable suspension bridge over Monogohela River -
Jane Grey
published pittsburgh saturday visiters mainly- Explained abolitionist views and she fought for women rights. -
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
Defeated the french there. So there was also the vantage point picnic spot and it slowly was removed. -
Sanitary Commision
was organized in the war to send medical aid to the front lines. it raised $322,217 -
Henry K. Potter
He Produced the first lightswitching locomotives in lawrenceville plant under the name smith and potter -
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
at age 22, he introduced the air brake, the first effective means of stopping heavy trains -
Begining of steel
Smokey and fire Iron city to steel city "Hell wtih the the lid taken off" -
Monongohela incline
city's first incline -
Marry Cassatt
Made a famous mural in the cathedral -
Rodman gun
Largest gun in the world Pittsburgh was making war supplies for the union -
Pittsburgh Dollar Bank
Opened doors, buildings completed 1871 Architect Isac Hobbs -
Andrew Carnegie
opened first plant to produced bessemer steel on a mass scale -
Duquense incline
47,000 dollars to build by 1880 500,000 people has ridden it -
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
seperated carriges/wagons from horse-drawn trolleys modernizedin 1915. Rehabilitatiion completed in 1990's -
Gustav Lindenthal
He was the designer of the smithfield street bridge -
william wilkins- Monogohela house hotel
his estate propery was in homewood and wilkinsburgh -
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
womens college- western union would not accept women chatham univercity -
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 accused for lockout the mills hired new workers -
Duquense club number ix luncheon
Major buiesness and industry bosses meet -
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
14 people died 11 steal wokers and 3 pinkertons were lost. -
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
89 executives meet at schenly hotel charles schwab jp morgan brought out carnegie steelt 8 other steel firms -
farmers bank bilding -frick building
skyscrapers new to downtown frick building was tallest building at the time -
Andrew Williams Mellon
mellon national bank very powerful empire
more money from coal coke railroad oil steel aluminum -
triangular wabush terminal
located on every street now called stanwix street and liberty avenue it was a busy travel center -
Luna Park
built on the aspin wall estate
crouds of 35,000 people nightly
lion killed women
burned down in 1909 -
George w. Guthrie
was elected mayor he served 4 years -
Fred Clarke
won 110 leage games and the world series -
Pittsburgh survey
researchers gathered information about people places, things of city-lewis hine joseph stelle helped w/ publication (photographer) (artists) -
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
established mellon insititute for industry research built a ten million dollar building on 5th and bell field -
Dr frank conrad
experimented with wireless telephone led to radiostation KDKA was born -
Henry Clay Frick
interdependence/ rules by board of directions clashed with carnegie .left lasting cultural places in the city -
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
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 tubes was completed opened -
Charles Lindberg
Famous pilot hero Visted pitt stadium to a huge crowd -
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
lagalized 3.2% beer oyster bar in market square -
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
he announced a new experiment projdct that it hoped would solve "much of the mystery surrounding the structure of matter" -
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
terrqace village is a part of the hill district -
david l lawrence
was an american polition who served as the 37th governor of pittsburgh from 1959 to 1963 -
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
it was inspired by the real kings tuts tomb opening in eygpt -
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.
