INDEX
Adams, Gabriel, Mayor, [51]
Alexander, John W., [91], [106]
Allegheny, made county-seat, [40];
county-seat changed to Pittsburgh, [40];
annexed to Pittsburgh, [52]
Allegheny Cemetery, [90]
Allegheny County, erection of, [40];
iron and steel products of, [84]
Allegheny Observatory, [84], [99]
Allegheny River improved, [82]
Allegheny Theological Seminary, [102]
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, [71], [78]
Amherst, General, captures Fort Frontenac, [29]
Anderson, Edwin H., [91]
Archer, Frederick, [94]
Archer, William, [100]
Armstrong, Colonel, raises English flag over Fort Duquesne, [29]
Artists, list of, [106]
Astronomical Observatory, [91], [106]
Authors, list of, [112]
Ball, Sir Robert S., [96]
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, [49], [60], [81]
Barker, Joseph, Mayor, [51]
Baron, Father, [29]
Beatty, Rev. Mr., [29]
Beaujeu, Captain, attacks Braddock's army, [22];
killed, [23]
Bell, C. F. Moberly, [96]
Bénédite, Leonce, [95]
Bennett, Frank M., [120]
Biddle, Nicholas, [121]
Bingham, William, Mayor, [51]
Black, John, [121]
Blackmore, James, Mayor, [52]
Blair, Francis P., [55]
Blair, Thomas S., [121]
"Blockhouse," built by Bouquet, [34];
occupied by Dr. John Connelly, [37];
used by Colonial troops in Revolution, [37]
Boggs, Martha Fry, [121]
Bouquet, Colonel Henry, builds "Blockhouse," [34];
leads army at Battle of Bushy Run, [35]
Brackenridge, Henry M., [112]
Brackenridge, Hugh Henry, [112]
Braddock, General Edward, marches upon Fort Duquesne, [21];
wounded in battle, [24];
his army defeated, [24];
death of, [25]
Braddock's defeat, effect of on Colonies, [25]
Brashear, John A., [85]
Breckinridge, John C., [57]
Broadhead, Colonel, [38]
Brown, A. M., Recorder, [52]
Brown, Joseph, [70]
Brown, J. O., Recorder, [52]
Brown, Marshall, [120]
Brown, William Harvey, [118]
Brush, Jared M., Mayor, [52]
Bryce, Right Honorable James, [95]
Buchanan, James, [57]
Burgoyne, Arthur G., [113]
Burleigh, William H., [121]
Burt, Andrew, [118]
Bushy Run, Battle of, [35]
Caldwell, John, [94]
Calvary Cemetery, [90]
Campbell, Alexander, [117]
Campbell, Bartley, [114]
Carhart, Daniel, [116]
Carnegie, Andrew, [85], [96], [106], [110]
Carnegie Institute, [91], [99]
Carnegie Steel Company, [71], [77]
Carnegie Technical Schools, [91], [94]
Cassatt, Alexander Johnston, [85]
Cassatt, Mary, [106]
Cather, Willa Sibert, [118]
Celeron, Louis, [16]
Charitable institutions, [103]
Chatham, Earl of (William Pitt), [25], [29], [37]
Church, Samuel, [83]
Church, Samuel Harden, [94], [114], [121]
Civil War, [53]
Clarke, Thomas S., [123]
Clay, Henry, visits Pittsburgh, [58]
Cleveland, Grover, [95]
Coffin, William A., [108]
Collins annexed to Pittsburgh, [52]
Collins, Jane S., [121]
Composers, list of, [106]
Constant, Baron d'Estournelles de, [95]
Constitutional Convention, [53]
Contrecœur, Captain, visited by Washington, [17] ;
his reply received by English, [19];
captures fort at Pittsburgh and names it Fort Duquesne, [20]
Conway, Logan, [118]
Conway, William B., [121]
Copley, Josiah, [118]
Country Club, [90]
Court-house, architect of, [103];
cost of, [103]
Craig, Neville B., [113]
Cranston, Sir Robert, [96]
Craver, Harrison W., [92]
Dalzell, John, [108]
Darlington, W. M., [113]
Darragh, John, Mayor, [51]
Daughters of American Revolution, [34]
Davis Island Dam, [82]
Dayton, William L., [57]
Defiance, Fort, built by General Wayne, [42]
Deland, Margaretta Wade, [120]
Denny, Ebenezer, Mayor, [51]
Denny, Governor, [29]
Dickens, Charles, visits Pittsburgh, [58]
Dickhuth, Colonel Gustav, [96]
Diehl, William J., Mayor, [52]
Dinwiddie, Governor, sends Washington to Pittsburgh, [14]
Donnelly, H. G., [114]
Doumer, Paul, [95]
Duckwell, E. W., [117]
Dunfermline, [28]
Dunmore, Governor, opens land office in Pittsburgh, [35]
Duquesne, Fort, built and named by French, [20];
captured by English, [29];
blown up and burned by French, [29];
taken possession of by English, [29];
name changed to Fort Pitt, [29]
East Liberty Academy, [102]
Ecuyer, Simon, leads attack on Fort Pitt, [35]
Elgar, Sir Edward, [96]
Emancipation Proclamation, [53]
England, war with France, [15]
Enlart, Camille, [95]
Fang, Wu Ting, [95]
Farragut, Admiral, visits Pittsburgh, [58]
Fleishman, S. L., [120]
Forbes, General, captures Fort Duquesne, [14];
names captured fort Pittsburgh, [14], [29];
his letter to Pitt announcing capture and renaming of Fort Duquesne, [29]
Ford, Henry J., [118]
Ford, Henry P., Mayor, [52]
Foster, J. Heron, [116]
Foster, Stephen C., [106]
Founder's Day, [95]
France, war with England, [15]
Franklin, Benjamin, [21]
Fremont, John C., [57]
French Revolution, [43]
Frew, William N., [94]
Frick, Henry C., [72], [76], [77], [85]
Frontenac, Fort, captured by General Amherst, [29]
Fulton, Andrew, Mayor, [52]
Gilder, Richard Watson, [95]
Gist, Christopher, accompanies Washington to Pittsburgh, [14];
hardships of journey to Fort Leboeuff, [17], [18], [19];
saves Washington from drowning, [19]
Gleim School, [102]
Goff, Milton B., [118]
Gourley, Henry I., Mayor, [52]
Grant, General U. S., visits Pittsburgh, [58]
Grant, Major, defeated at Grant's Hill and killed, [28]
Great Meadows, Battle of, [20]
Greeley, Horace, [55], [56], [57]
Greensburg, [40]
Guthrie, George W., Mayor, [52]
Guthrie, John B., Mayor, [51]
Guthrie, P. N., [70]
Guyesuta, [17]
Hailman, Johanna Woodwell, [108]
Hall of Botany, [102]
Halpin, W. R., [113]
Hamerschlag, Arthur A., [94]
Hancock, John, [38]
Hand, General Edward, plans expedition against Indians, [38]
Hay, Alexander, Mayor, [51]
Hays, W. B., Recorder and Mayor, [52]
Heinz Company, [84]
Herbert, Victor, [94]
Herron Hill Reservoir, [105]
Herron, John, Mayor, [51]
Herr's Island, [19]
Hetzel, George, [108]
Highland Park, [90]
Hill, Francis, [117]
Hodges, George, [116]
Homestead Steel Works, [68]
Homestead strike, [71]
Homewood Cemetery, [90]
Hopkins, Anderson H., [91]
Hospitals, [103]
Howard, William J., Mayor, [51]
Hunter, Stephen A., [116]
Ihne, Ernst von, [96]
Indians cede land about Pittsburgh to Colonies, [35]
Irvine, General William, placed in command of Fort Pitt, [39]
Irwin, William W., Mayor, [51]
Jackson, George N., [56]
Jefferson, Joseph, [95]
Jillson, Benjamin Cutler, [116]
Johns, Clarence M., [108]
Johnson, President, visits Pittsburgh, [58]
Johnston, Governor, visits Pittsburgh, [58]
Johnston, William G., [121]
Johnstown Flood, [58]
Jumonville, death of, [20]
Keeler, James E., [120]
Kensington Iron Works, [83]
Kerr, William, Mayor, [51]
Keyashuta, Indian chief, [17]
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]
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 Contrecœur, [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]
Rhŷs, 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]
St. Clair, General Arthur, sent against Indians, [42];
defeated, [42]
Sassoonan, [16]
Sawyer, B. C., Mayor, [51]
Schaper, Fritz, [96]
Schenley, Mrs. Mary, [106]
Scott, Walter, [116]
Seibel, George, [114]
Semple, Samuel, [35]
Seward, William H., Secretary of State, visits Pittsburgh, [58]
Sheedy, Morgan M., [116]
Shiras, Charles R., [114]
Singer, William H., [108]
Siviter, Anna Pierpont, [121]
Slavery, introduction into
United States, [53];
abolished, [53]
Sloane, William H., [110]
Smith, Lee S., [117]
Snowden, John M., Mayor, [51]
Stanwix, General, builds new Fort Pitt, [31]
Stead, William T., [107]
Stuart-Mitchell School, [102]
Swank, James M., [117]
Swinderen, R. de Marees van, [96]
Swisshelm, Jane Grey, [121]
Tanner, Henry O., [108]
Tassey, John, [121]
Taylor, President, visits Pittsburgh, [58]
Thaw, William, [106]
Thomson, James, Mayor, [51]
Thurmston, Cora, [121]
Thurston School, [102]
Ticonderoga, capture of, [28]
Trent, Captain William, established first permanent white settlement in Pittsburgh, [20]
Truax, Sarah, [114]
Turtle Creek, [19]
Uniontown, fort at, [21]
United States Steel Corporation, [85]
University of Pittsburgh, [41], [98]
Ursuline Young Ladies' Academy, [102]
Van Noppen, L. C., [120]
Venango, [18]
Verder, Emily E., [121]
Virginia, claims site of Pittsburgh, [14];
sends Washington to retake Fort Duquesne, [20];
dispute with Pennsylvania settled, [40]
Volz, Ferdinand E., Mayor, [51]
Vondel, [120]
Wade, Annie, [121]
Wales, Prince of, visits Pittsburgh, [58]
Wall, A. Bryan, [108]
Wall, Albert S., [108]
Washington, George, the first Pittsburgher, [13];
first visits Pittsburgh, [13], [17];
his visits to Pittsburgh, [13], [14], [17], [35];
said to have named Pittsburgh, [14];
first impressions of site of Pittsburgh, [17];
hardships of journey to Fort Leboeuff, [17], [18], [19];
shot at by his Indian guide, [19];
saved from drowning by Gist, [19];
sent to retake Fort Duquesne, [20];
directs the retreat of Braddock's army, [24];
commands militia at Fort Duquesne, [28];
last visit to Pittsburgh, [35];
warns General St. Clair against Indians, [42];
sends army to suppress whisky insurrection, [44]
Wayne, Fort, built by General Wayne, [42]
Wayne, General Anthony, sent against Indians, [42];
builds Fort Defiance and Fort Wayne, [42];
defeats Indians, [42]
Weaver, Henry A., Mayor, [51]
Webster, Daniel, visits Pittsburgh, [58]
Weeks, Joseph D., [117]
Welles, Gideon, Secretary of Navy, visits Pittsburgh, [58]
Western Theological Seminary, [102]
Western University of Pennsylvania. See University of Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Company, [85]
Westinghouse, George, [85]
Whisky insurrection, [42]
William II, Emperor of Germany, [101]
Wilson, Erasmus, [113]
Wilson, George, Mayor, [51]
Wolfe, death of, [31]
Woodwell, Joseph R., [108]
Zoölogical garden, [102]
Transcriber's notes:
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