A short history of Pittsburgh : 1758-1908Church, Samuel Harden
History
A short history of Pittsburgh : 1758-1908
Church, Samuel Harden
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- History
Killikelly, Sarah H., 113
King, John A., 55
Kirk, Ella Boyce, 120
Knox, Philander C., 108
Koser, Reinhold, 96
Kossuth, Louis, visits Pittsburgh, 58
Lady of Mercy Academy, 102
Lafayette, Fort, built, 42
Lafayette, General, visits Pittsburgh, 58
Lambing, A. A., 117
Langley, Samuel P., 113
Lawman, Jaspar, 108
Lawrenceville annexed to Pittsburgh, 52
Leboeuff, Fort, 17
Leisser, Martin B., 108
Lexington, Battle of, 37
Liberty annexed to Pittsburgh, 52
Liddell, Robert, Mayor, 52
Ligneris, Captain, surrenders Fort Duquesne, 29
Lincoln, Abraham, visits Pittsburgh, 58
Lincoln, John L., 117
Lincoln, W. L., 117
Little, William, Mayor, 51
Loewenfeld, His Excellency Lieutenant General Alfred von, 95
Logstown, storehouses built by Ohio Company, 16;
captured by French, 16
Louisburg, capture of, 28
Lowrie, Walter B., Mayor, 51
Lowry, James, Mayor, 51
Lyon, Robert W., Mayor, 52
"Maarten Maartens," 96
Macbeth, George A., 94
Macbeth, James Currie, 96
Mackay, W. G., 116
Magee, C. L., 102
Mail route to Philadelphia established, 40
Mansfield, Robert, 114
Mantel, Robert, 114
Mayflower, landing of, 53
McCallin, William, Mayor, 52
McCarthy, William C., Mayor, 52
McCarthy, W. L., Mayor, 52
McClintock, Jonas R., Mayor, 51
McConway, William, 95
McCook, Henry C., 118
McCormick, Samuel Black, 99
McCrea, James, 78
McKenna, Bernard, Mayor, 52
McKinley, William, 95
McKnight, Charles, 118
Mellon, Joseph, 118
Mellor, Charles C., 94
Metcalf, William, 121
Miller, Henry A., 118
Milton, John, 120
Mitchell, P. Chalmers, 107
Monongahela River improved, 83
Monroe, President, visited Pittsburgh, 58
Montcalm, death of, 31
Moretti, Eleanor, 114
Morgan, Colonel George, 38
Morley, John, 95
Murray, Magnus M., Mayor, 51
Necessity, Fort, built by Washington, 21;
captured by French, 21
Neville, Morgan, 120
Nevin, Adelaide M., 116
Nevin, Ethelbert, 106
Nevin, Robert P., 113, 116
Newspapers, list of, 40, 113
New York Central Lines, 60, 81
Niagara, Fort, fall of, 31
Nixon Theater, 103
Oakland annexed to Pittsburgh, 52
O'Hara, James, 84
Ohio & Pennsylvania Railroad, 49
Ohio Company formed, 16
Osgood, Lucius, 118
Parke, J. E., 118
Paur, Emil, 94
Pearson, A. L., 63
Peebles annexed to Pittsburgh, 52
Penn family, purchased Pittsburgh region from Indians, 39;
their title annulled, 39
Pennsylvania, dispute with Virginia settled, 40
Pennsylvania and Ohio R. R. Co. incorporated, 48
Pennsylvania Canal, proposed, 47;
construction authorized, 47;
canal completed, 48;
termini of, 48;
portage railroad, 48;
cost, 48;
sold to Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 48;
abandoned, 49
Pennsylvania College for Women, 102
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 48, 49, 60, 81, 85
Pennsylvania, Western University of. See University of Pittsburgh
Pettigrew, Samuel, Mayor, 51
Phipps Conservatory, 102
Phipps, Henry, 85, 102, 106
Pier, Arthur Stanwood, 118
Pinkerton, Robert A., 76
Pitcairn, Robert, 94
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