A short history of Pittsburgh : 1758-1908Church, Samuel Harden
History
A short history of Pittsburgh : 1758-1908
Church, Samuel Harden
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- History
Pitt annexed to Pittsburgh, 52
Pitt, Fort, building of first fort, 30;
building of second fort, 31;
abandoned, 36;
mutiny at, 39;
General William Irvine put in command, 39;
first court held, 40
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 25, 29, 37
Pittsburgh, site selected for fort, 13, 14;
site claimed by Virginia, 14;
said to have been named by Washington, 14;
French attempt to make settlement, 16;
explored by Louis Celeron, 16;
Washington's first impressions of, 17;
first permanent white settlement, 20;
captured by Contrecoeur, 20;
named Fort Duquesne, 20;
captured from French by English, 29;
name changed to Pittsburgh, 29;
first Fort Pitt built, 30;
second Fort Pitt built, 31;
attacked by Indians under Simon Ecuyer, 35;
land ceded to Colonies by Indians,35;
land office opened, 35;
made county seat, 40;
first court held, 40;
ducking-stool erected, 40;
size of in 1786, 40;
mail route to Philadelphia established, 40;
new fort built and named Fort Lafayette, 42;
town laid out, 50;
incorporated as a borough, 50;
chartered as a city, 50;
new charter adopted in 1887, 50;
"Ripper" charter adopted, 50;
list of mayors, 51;
first Republican Convention, 53;
distinguished visitors, 58;
great fire, 58;
railroad riots, 59;
consolidation of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, 52;
present population, 79, 81;
tonnage compared with other cities, 82;
surrounded by rich coal and gas fields, 83;
imports in 1907, 83;
manufacture of iron begun, 83;
iron and steel statistics, 83, 84, 86;
value of various products, 84;
first glass works built, 84;
rank as a glass-producing center, 84;
as a banking center, 85;
tax valuation of property, 86;
public buildings, 103;
hospitals, 103;
charitable institutions, 103;
water supply, 105
Pittsburgh Academy, 41, 98, 102
Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad, 49
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Canal, 81
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, 49
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, 49
Pittsburgh Country Club, 90
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, 49
Pittsburgh Harbor, 82
Pittsburgh Orchestra, 94, 106
Pittsburgh riots, 59
Pittsburgh, University of, 41, 98
Plimpton, Thomas B., 118
Pontiac plans attack on whites, 34
Poole, Eugene A., 108
Poorten-Schwartz, Joost Marius Willem van der ("Maarten Maartens"), 96
Preece, Sir William Henry, 96
Quebec, fall of, 31
Realf, Richard, 117
Rebellion, War of, 53
Reed, James H., 94
Reese, Cara, 118
Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 102
Reid, Whitelaw, 95
Reinhart, Charles Stanley, 106
Republican Association, 54
Republican Party, founding of, 52;
first Convention, 55;
first candidates, 57
Rhys, John, 96
Richardson, H. H., 103
Riddle, Robert M., Mayor, 51
Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 114
"Ripper" charter, 50
Riverview Park, 90
Roberts, E. S., 96
Roberts, Thomas P., 121
Robertson, William, 96
Ross, John, 96
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