Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt; Early Names of Pittsburgh Streets

Block House of Fort Pitt. Built 1764.
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.
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.