A short history of Pittsburgh : 1758-1908Church, Samuel Harden
History
A short history of Pittsburgh : 1758-1908
Church, Samuel Harden
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- History
Denny, Ebenezer, Mayor, 51
Denny, Governor, 29
Dickens, Charles, visits Pittsburgh, 58
Dickhuth, Colonel Gustav, 96
Diehl, William J., Mayor, 52
Dinwiddie, Governor, sends Washington to Pittsburgh, 14
Donnelly, H. G., 114
Doumer, Paul, 95
Duckwell, E. W., 117
Dunfermline, 28
Dunmore, Governor, opens land office in Pittsburgh, 35
Duquesne, Fort, built and named by French, 20;
captured by English, 29;
blown up and burned by French, 29;
taken possession of by English, 29;
name changed to Fort Pitt, 29
East Liberty Academy, 102
Ecuyer, Simon, leads attack on Fort Pitt, 35
Elgar, Sir Edward, 96
Emancipation Proclamation, 53
England, war with France, 15
Enlart, Camille, 95
Fang, Wu Ting, 95
Farragut, Admiral, visits Pittsburgh, 58
Fleishman, S. L., 120
Forbes, General, captures Fort Duquesne, 14;
names captured fort Pittsburgh, 14, 29;
his letter to Pitt announcing capture and renaming of Fort Duquesne, 29
Ford, Henry J., 118
Ford, Henry P., Mayor, 52
Foster, J. Heron, 116
Foster, Stephen C., 106
Founder's Day, 95
France, war with England, 15
Franklin, Benjamin, 21
Fremont, John C., 57
French Revolution, 43
Frew, William N., 94
Frick, Henry C., 72, 76, 77, 85
Frontenac, Fort, captured by General Amherst, 29
Fulton, Andrew, Mayor, 52
Gilder, Richard Watson, 95
Gist, Christopher, accompanies Washington to Pittsburgh, 14;
hardships of journey to Fort Leboeuff, 17, 18, 19;
saves Washington from drowning, 19
Gleim School, 102
Goff, Milton B., 118
Gourley, Henry I., Mayor, 52
Grant, General U. S., visits Pittsburgh, 58
Grant, Major, defeated at Grant's Hill and killed, 28
Great Meadows, Battle of, 20
Greeley, Horace, 55, 56, 57
Greensburg, 40
Guthrie, George W., Mayor, 52
Guthrie, John B., Mayor, 51
Guthrie, P. N., 70
Guyesuta, 17
Hailman, Johanna Woodwell, 108
Hall of Botany, 102
Halpin, W. R., 113
Hamerschlag, Arthur A., 94
Hancock, John, 38
Hand, General Edward, plans expedition against Indians, 38
Hay, Alexander, Mayor, 51
Hays, W. B., Recorder and Mayor, 52
Heinz Company, 84
Herbert, Victor, 94
Herron Hill Reservoir, 105
Herron, John, Mayor, 51
Herr's Island, 19
Hetzel, George, 108
Highland Park, 90
Hill, Francis, 117
Hodges, George, 116
Holland, W. J., 94, 110
Homestead Steel Works, 68
Homestead strike, 71
Homewood Cemetery, 90
Hopkins, Anderson H., 91
Hospitals, 103
Howard, William J., Mayor, 51
Hunter, Stephen A., 116
Ihne, Ernst von, 96
Indians cede land about Pittsburgh to Colonies, 35
Irvine, General William, placed in command of Fort Pitt, 39
Irwin, William W., Mayor, 51
Jackson, George N., 56
Jefferson, Joseph, 95
Jillson, Benjamin Cutler, 116
Johns, Clarence M., 108
Johnson, President, visits Pittsburgh, 58
Johnston, Governor, visits Pittsburgh, 58
Johnston, William G., 121
Johnstown Flood, 58
Jumonville, death of, 20
Keeler, James E., 120
Kensington Iron Works, 83
Kerr, William, Mayor, 51
Keyashuta, Indian chief, 17
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