Allegheny

Pittsburgh, PA

At this site in Dec. 1913, Gulf Refining Co. opened the first drive-in facility designed and built to provide gasoline, oils, &...

Pittsburgh, PA

Designed by Benjamin H. Latrobe and constructed in 1814.

Pittsburgh, PA

Major strikes by women cotton factory workers protesting 12-hour work-days occurred nearby in Allegheny City in 1845 & 1848.

Pittsburgh, PA

Formed September 24, 1788 out of Westmoreland and Washington counties.

Pittsburgh, PA

Co-founder of Pittsburgh's Black Horizon Theater and the author of a cycle of ten plays that have been hailed as a unique triumph in...

Pittsburgh, PA

To the south, at Nash and Avery Streets, stood Avery College.

Pittsburgh, PA

Owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1900-1932, and legendary baseball leader influential in initiating the first modern World Series, 1903.

Pittsburgh, PA

Founded 1808 & known as the African Church.

Founded 1776, in the Old Stone Manse in South Park, by Rev. John McMillan, pioneer minister and educator.

Penn Hills, PA

Bouquet Camp, a base of supply in the Forbes campaign in 1758 forcing the French to abandon Fort Duquesne, was about three miles east.

Site of Gen. John Neville's mansion, burned to the ground by insurgents during a major escalation of violence in the Whiskey Rebellion,...

West Mifflin, PA

Below this hill, about midday on July 9, 1755, a British army of 1300 made its second crossing of the river and advanced to drive the...

North Braddock, PA

July 9, 1755 Gen. Braddock's British forces en route to capture Fort Duquesne were ambushed and routed by French and Indians within...

North Braddock, PA

Known as the high tide of the Whiskey Rebellion, the rendezvous of militias from Pennsylvania's four western counties took place here,...

Springdale, PA

Established April 15, 1904, by Andrew Carnegie.

Pittsburgh, PA

Following an All-Ameri-can career at Duquesne, Cooper made basketball history as the first African American drafted by an NBA team.

Pittsburgh, PA

Following an All-Ameri-can career at Duquesne, Cooper made basketball history as the first African American drafted by an NBA team.

Pittsburgh, PA

Hall's invention of electrolytic manufacture of aluminum was first applied to commercial production in 1888 by the Pittsburgh Reduction...

Tarentum, PA

An early Shawnee Indian village located at the site of present Tarentum.

Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh's first successful blast furnace for making pig iron.

Leet Twp., PA

Founded here in 1917 at Sunny Hill, the former home of David and Margaret Watson, it began as a residential school for disabled children.

Pittsburgh, PA

Outstanding as an NAACP organizer, Mrs. Lampkin was its National Field Secretary, 1935-47.

Avalon, PA

Below this bridge was the first lock and dam built (1878-1885) on the Ohio River.

Pittsburgh, PA

Community activist who founded Neighborhood Housing Services in 1968 A model of resident-led community development, it inspired a...

Duquesne, PA

Plant here began in 1886.

Pittsburgh, PA

Founded by Holy Ghost Fathers from Germany in 1878.

Duquesne, PA

Recognized as the father of modern jazz piano, an influential band leader, and one of the first Black musicians to perform on American...

Ross Township, PA

On the hill just west of here, the first known astronomical observatory with an aluminum dome was erected in 1930.

Pittsburgh, PA

This State's bituminous coal industry was born about 1760 on Coal Hill, now Mt. Washington.

Pittsburgh, PA

On September 1, 1971, Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh started nine African American and Latino players at Three Rivers Stadium, the first...

Pittsburgh, PA

On November 12, 1892, at Recreation Park a few blocks NW of here, the Allegheny Athletic Association defeated the Pittsburgh Athletic...

Pittsburgh, PA

In October 1903, National League champion Pittsburgh played American League champion Boston in major league baseball's first modern World...

Pittsburgh, PA

The first all steel and concrete ballpark in the nation, Forbes Field was home to the Pirates, site of four World Series in 1909, 1925,...

Plum, PA

The last base of General Forbes' army.

Pittsburgh, PA

End of Forbes Road. Occupied by General Forbes November 25, 1758, and by Him Named Pittsburg.

Penn Hills, PA

Was located three miles East of this place, which marks the farthest Northern point of the Forbes Road which leads Westward to Fort...

Pittsburgh, PA

One of Fort Pitt's outworks, this blockhouse or redoubt stood near the western bastions and is the only surviving structure of that fort.

Pittsburgh, PA

Near here on Nov. 14, 1938, the first convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations was held.

Pittsburgh, PA

On Feb.4, 1896, sixteen delegates met at Moorheads Hall here to form the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, &...

Wilkinsburg, PA

At his garage workshop here in 1919-1920, Conrad made broadcasts over his amateur station, 8XK, which introduced the concept of...

Pittsburgh, PA

Distinguished journalist, one of the first two African American accredited correspondents during WW II.

West Mifflin, PA

A pioneer and leading visionary in the design of amusement rides and parks, his Figure-8 coasters and other inventions were found across...

Fox Chapel, PA

U.S. Army officer; he rose to the rank of general, 1951.

East Pittsburgh, PA

Inventor of air brake and some 400 other devices.

Pittsburgh, PA

Located here from 1932 to 1938, this was the first African American owned stadium in the Negro Leagues.

Crafton, PA

On this site was located the isolation hospital erected in 1777 by Gen. Edward Hand to care for troops at Fort Pitt.

Heidelberg, PA

Opened in 1948, this former Pittsburgh Racing Assoc.

McKeesport, PA

In 1934 this McKeesport native became the 1st woman to pilot a commercial airliner.

Homestead, PA

Legendary baseball team that dominated the Negro Baseball Leagues during the first half of the 20th century.

Munhall, PA

On the morning of July 6, 1892, on orders of the Carnegie Steel Co., 300 Pinkerton agents attempted to land near here; strikers, citizens...

Munhall, PA

In these two adjoining cemeteries are buried six of the seven Carnegie Steel Company workers killed during the "Battle of Homestead" on...

Carnegie, PA

The "Flying Dutchman" was hailed as baseball's greatest shortstop and one of its finest all-around players.

Edgewood, PA

Renowned editor, abolitionist, Civil War nurse, advocate of women's rights and temperance.

Pittsburgh, PA

Here in 1846, Roebling built the first wire rope suspension bridge to carry a highway over the Monongahela River.

Pittsburgh, PA

Creator of the state game land system.

Pittsburgh, PA

Pioneering editor and publisher who issued first edition of Pittsburgh Gazette, 1786.

Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh native & Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, 1979.

Carnot-Moon, PA

A militia captain during the American Revolution and civic leader in the early republic, Meeks was a petitioner to create Allegheny...

McKeesport, PA

On April 21, 1947, John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon debated the Taft-Hartley Labor-Management Relations Act at the Penn-McKee Hotel.

West Mifflin, PA

A National Historic Landmark, designated 1987.

Pittsburgh, PA

Using a five-barrel still, Samuel M. Kier erected on this site about 1854 the first commercial refinery to produce illuminating oil from...

Hunters, traders, warriors, militia, war captives, and diplomats all used this early Native American path, which passed this location,...

Pittsburgh, PA

On Aug. 31, 1803, Capt. Meriwether Lewis launched a 50-foot "keeled boat" from Ft. Fayette, 100 yards downriver.

Pittsburgh, PA

The first American woman film director, Weber wrote, directed, and acted in more than 200 films between 1908 and 1934.

Pittsburgh, PA

Born near here, dancer, choreographer, and teacher Martha Graham created a modern and unique movement style.

Pittsburgh, PA

A promoter of African-American nationalism, Delany published a Black newspaper, The Mystery, at an office near here.

Pittsburgh, PA

Established in 1804, it was the first air foundry in Pittsburgh.

McKees Rocks, PA

Largest Native American burial mound in Western PA.

Pittsburgh, PA

Founded in 1847 by the Sisters of Mercy as Pittsburgh's first hospital.

Elizabeth, PA

One of the nation's earliest and most successful river navigation systems, its series of locks and dams, begun in 1838, has provided...

Pittsburgh, PA

Here at the Cardwell School of Music, this first national Black opera company was founded in 1941 by Mary Cardwell Dawson.

McKeesport, PA

Incorporated 1869, the works began production here, 1872.

Scott Twp., PA

Oldest Episcopal Church in southwestern Pennsylvania, founded after the French & Indian War by veteran Maj. William Lea on his land grant.

North Braddock, PA

Set mainly in Braddock, Thomas Bell’s 1941 novel follows three genera-tions of an immigrant Slovak family here.

Pittsburgh, PA

Progressive reformer and advocate for women, children, immigrants, and the poor.

Pittsburgh, PA

The loading basin and western terminus of the State-built railroad, canal, and Portage over the Alleghenies uniting eastern and western...

Forest Hills, PA

On this site in 1923, Westinghouse opened a special radio facility to experiment with long-distance transmissions.

Pittsburgh, PA

Gateway to the West and steel center of the world.

Forest Hills, PA

Gateway to the West and steel center of the world.

Pittsburgh, PA

Signed here, on May 31, 1918, this document declared the intent of Czechs and Slovaks to form a new democratic nation in Europe, free...

Pittsburgh, PA

Founded in the 1870s, it was one of the first in the eastern U.S. Chinese immigrants started civic organizations and owned businesses to...

Pittsburgh, PA

First glass factory in Pittsburgh was established on this site by James O'Hara and Isaac Craig in 1797.

Pittsburgh, PA

Long a major producer of lubricating grease for industry, transportation, and the military.

Pittsburgh, PA

First commercially successful U.S. plate glass maker, founded 1883 by John Ford, John Pitcairn and others.

Pittsburgh, PA

At hall on this site on April 3, 1917, a speech by I. J. Paderewski to delegates at convention of the Polish Falcons began the movement...

Stowe Twp., PA

Pressed Steel Car Company provided worker housing at substantial cost to employees, keeping them in constant debt.

McKeesport, PA

An influential leader of the Seneca Nation in this area and ally of the British during the time of the French & Indian War.

Turtle Creek, PA

World's first commercial station began operating November 2, 1920, when KDKA reported Harding-Cox election returns from a makeshift...

Rosslyn Farms, PA

41st Governor of Pennsylvania (1979-87) and U.S. Attorney General (1988-91).

Pittsburgh, PA

Pioneering research here at the University of Pittsburgh's Virus Research Laboratory from 1948 to 1955 produced the world's first polio...

Pittsburgh, PA

Built on lowlands here in 1792.

Pittsburgh, PA

Name of a Delaware Indian village that covered this site from about 1731 to the French occupation, 1754.

Glenwillard/Crescen, PA

Founder, Peter Shouse, built "Kentuckian," its first steamboat, in 1829.

Pittsburgh, PA

Born near Harrisburg, Girty crossed cultural boundaries between native and white societies.

Pittsburgh, PA

Frances Ward and six companions from Carlow, Ireland, opened the first Mercy convent in the U.S. here.

Pittsburgh, PA

The first Croatian Catholic parish in America was established in 1894.

Pittsburgh, PA

Founded here by brothers J.J. and Joseph Flannery in 1913, it was the first commercial producer of radium in the US.

Pittsburgh, PA

Television station, located here, opened April 1954, as first community-sponsored educational television station in America.

Pittsburgh, PA

The first steamboat built west of the Alleghenies, the "New Orleans" was launched Oct. 15, 1811, near this site at Suke's Run.

Pittsburgh, PA

Tribute to Pittsburgh's beloved writer of songs and ballads, including "Oh Suzanna," "Old Folks at Home," and "My Old Kentucky Home.

Pittsburgh, PA

Organized in 1908, this local was one of the first African American musicians unions in Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh, PA

In the Grant Building here on June 17, 1936, the Steel Workers Organizing Committee was founded.

Pittsburgh, PA

First institution of higher education west of the Alleghenies and north of the Ohio River.

Pittsburgh, PA

Pioneer in development of alternating current, permitting transmission of electricity over long distances.

Pittsburgh, PA

Invented by George Westinghouse in 1869, the air brake revolutionized railroad transportation.

Monroeville, PA

Inspired by the good turn of an English Scout, he brought the Scouting movement to the United States.

Rennerdale, PA

Known as "The Father of Flag Day," he founded the American Flag Day Association and served as its president for Fifty years.

Jefferson Hills, PA

Governmental and judicial center for Yohogania, a county erected by Virginia in asserting its claim to western Pennsylvania from 1777 to...