Produced by Bruce Thomas, Curtis Weyant and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Case Western Reserve University Preservation Department Digital Library) A SHORT HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH 1758-1908 [Illustration: George Washington, the first Pittsburgher] A SHORT HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH 1758-1908 BY SAMUEL HARDEN CHURCH AUTHOR OF "OLIVER CROMWELL: A HISTORY," "PENRUDDOCK OF THE WHITE LAMBS," "JOHN MARMADUKE," "BEOWULF: A POEM," ETC. PRINTED AT THE DE VINNE PRESS NEW YORK 1908 Copyright, 1908, by SAMUEL HARDEN CHURCH CONTENTS PAGE HISTORICAL 13 INDUSTRIAL 79 INTELLECTUAL 89 INDEX 127 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS George Washington, the first Pittsburgher _Frontispiece_ PAGE William Pitt, Earl of Chatham 26 Plan of Fort Pitt 31 Henry Bouquet 32 Block House of Fort Pitt. Built in 1764 33 Anthony Wayne 41 Conestoga wagon 44 Stage-coach 46 Over the mountains in 1839; canal boat being hauled over the portage road 47 View of Old Pittsburgh, 1817 50 Pittsburgh, showing the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers 80 The Pittsburgh Country Club 88 Panther Hollow Bridge, Schenley Park 93 Entrance to Highland Park 97 The Carnegie Institute 101 Court-house 104 Zooelogical Garden in Highland Park 107 Carnegie Technical Schools (uncompleted) 111 Margaret Morrison Carnegie School for Women 115 Design of University of Pittsburgh 119 Allegheny Observatory, University of Pittsburgh 123 Phipps Conservatory, Schenley Park 125 PREFACE