Download or read book Pittsburgh s East Liberty Valley written by East End/East Liberty Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-16 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pittsburghs East Liberty Valley originally consisted of lush hunting grounds used by many Native American groups. In the 1700s, British general John Forbes instructed George Washington to build a military road from Fort Ligonier through the East Liberty Valley to the forks of the Ohio River. In 1758, Forbes traveled this widened trail, first named for him, now known as Penn Avenue. Many plantations were established after the Revolution, and the village grew, with its tollhouse and taverns serving stagecoaches and Conestoga wagons en route to Pittsburgh. By the 20th century, East Liberty was one of the wealthiest suburbs in America. Many famous firsts occurred here, including the building of the nations first gasoline service station and the founding of the National Negro Opera Company. The area also boasts many famous residents, including Billy Eckstine, Erroll Garner, Gene Kelly, Dick Powell, and Lillian Russell. Through vintage photographs, Pittsburghs East Liberty Valley salutes the areas rich history.
Download or read book Pittsburgh s East Liberty Valley written by and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pittsburgh's East Liberty Valley originally consisted of lush hunting grounds used by many Native American groups. In the 1700s, British general John Forbes instructed George Washington to build a military road from Fort Ligonier through the East Liberty Valley to the forks of the Ohio River. In 1758, Forbes traveled this widened trail, first named for him, now known as Penn Avenue. Many plantations were established after the Revolution, and the village grew, with its tollhouse and taverns serving stagecoaches and Conestoga wagons en route to Pittsburgh. By the 20th century, East Liberty was one of the wealthiest suburbs in America. Many famous firsts occurred here, including the building of the nation's first gasoline service station and the founding of the National Negro Opera Company. The area also boasts many famous residents, including Billy Eckstine, Erroll Garner, Gene Kelly, Dick Powell, and Lillian Russell. Through vintage photographs, Pittsburgh's East Liberty Valley salutes the area's rich history.
Download or read book History of Pittsburgh and Environs written by George Thornton Fleming and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Pittsburgh and Environs written by George Thornton Fleming and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Twentieth Century Pittsburgh Volume Two written by Roy Lubove and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 1996-02-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume traces the major decisions, events, programs, and personalities that transformed the city of Pittsburgh during its urban renewal project, which began in 1977. Roy Lubove demonstrates how the city showed united determination to attract high technology companies in an attempt to reverse the economic fallout from the decline of the local steel industry. Lubove also separates the successes from the failures, the good intentions from the actual results.
Download or read book Relocation of 100 Households in the East Liberty Urban Renewal Project Pittsburgh Pa written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Chronicles of Families Houses and Estates of Pittsburgh and Its Environs written by Annie Clark Miller and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book An Extraordinary Journey written by Doris Gallippi and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Extraordinary Journey is a social history of first generation Americans who courageously forged a path from Italy to America from 1895 to 1922. It tells their stories in the historic context of their time in both Italy and America. From the unique perspective of walking in the footsteps of these pioneers, this account shows what it was like for each of them to leave their home country and settle in America. The reader will feel what they felt, see what they saw, cry when they cried, and laughed when they laughed on this extraordinary journey.
Download or read book Proceedings written by Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Pittsburgh Volume 2 written by George Thornton Fleming and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The selection of Mr. Fleming to prepare this history of Pittsburgh, and the region round about, was most fortunate for the city. He was not only a sturdy grubber after facts but had the ability to dress them up in pleasing style and set them in graceful order. This book is valuable not only as a narrative of historic events, but as a compendium of facts relating to men and matters, events and happenings pertaining to the triumphant growth of Pittsburgh, its institutions, and its fame. It is as encyclopedic as entertaining and facilitates the finding of whatsoever data that may be desired. It will be very hard to find another book on the history of Pittsburgh that is as detailed as Mr. Fleming’s. This is volume two out of two.
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