Pittsburgh
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- Names
Pittsburgh
Fort Pitt
Fort Trent
Pitts-Bourg
The Manor of Pittsburgh
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located at strategic point, at the confluence of Allegheny & Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio river. It is in an area of valuable natural resources; it was contested by French, British, and Native Americans in the 17th cen. The city of Pittsburgh was laid out in1764 by John Campbell in the area around the fort (now the Golden Triangle). Following the American Revolution, the town became an outfitting point for settlers traveling westward down the Ohio River. It developed as a steel manufacturing center in the 19th century; there has been urban renewal since World War II.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
- Born
Chuck Connelly (American, born 1955)
Mary Davis (American, 1907-1989)
Hilda Morris (American, 1911-1991)
Craig Pozzi (American, 1942-2004)
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