[Illustration] [Illustration: BLOCK HOUSE OF FORT PITT. BUILT 1764.] FORT DUQUESNE AND FORT PITT EARLY NAMES OF PITTSBURGH STREETS SIXTH EDITION PUBLISHED BY FORT PITT SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA REED & WITTING CO., PRESS 1921 _This little sketch of Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt is compiled from extracts taken mainly from Parkman's Histories; The Olden Time, by Neville B. Craig; Fort Pitt, by Mrs. Wm. Darlington; Pioneer History, by S. P. Hildreth, etc._ _Pittsburgh_ _September, 1898._ CHRONOLOGY =1753=--The French begin to build a chain of forts to enforce their boundaries. =December 11, 1753.=--Washington visits Fort Le Boeuf. =January, 1754.=--Washington lands on Wainwright's Island in the Allegheny river.--Recommends that a Fort be built at the "Forks of the Ohio." =February 17, 1754.=--A fort begun at the "Forks of the Ohio" by Capt. William Trent. =April 16, 1754.=--Ensign Ward, with thirty-three men, surprised here by the French, and surrenders. =June, 1754.=--Fort Duquesne completed. =May 28, 1754.=--Washington attacks Coulon de Jumonville at Great Meadows. =July 9, 1755.=--Braddock's defeat. =April, 1758.=--Brig. Gen. John Forbes takes command. =August, 1758.=--Fort Bedford built. =October, 1758.=--Fort Ligonier built. =November 24, 1758.=--Fort Duquesne destroyed by the retreating French. =November 25, 1758.=--Gen. Forbes takes possession. =August, 1759.=--Fort Pitt begun by Gen. John Stanwix. =May, 1763.=--Conspiracy of Pontiac. =July, 1763.=--Fort Pitt besieged by Indians. =1764.=--Col. Henry Bouquet builds the Redoubt. =October 10, 1772.=--Fort Pitt abandoned by the British. =January, 1774.=--Dr. James Connelly occupies Fort Pitt with Virginia militia, and changes name to Fort Dunmore. =July, 1776.=--Indian conference at Fort Pitt.--Pontiac and Guyasuta. =June 1, 1777.=--Brig. Gen. Hand takes command of the fort. =1778.=--Gen. McIntosh succeeds Hand. =November, 1781.=--Gen. William Irvine takes command. =May 19, 1791.=--Maj. Isaac Craig reports Fort Pitt in a ruinous condition.--Builds Fort Lafayette. =September 4, 1805.=--The historic site purchased by Gen. James O'Hara. =April 1, 1894.=--Mrs. Mary E. Schenley, granddaughter of Gen. James O'Hara, presents Col. Bouquet's Redoubt to the Daughters of the American Revolution of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. [Illustration] FORT DUQUESNE Conflicting Claims of France and England in North America.