Chapter XI

And so my little story of Pittsburgh comes to an end. It is the story of a great achievement in the building of a city, and the development of a community within its boundaries. I have sometimes heard a sneer at Pittsburgh as a place where undigested wealth is paramount. I have never beheld the city in that character. On the contrary, I have, on frequent occasions, seen the assemblage of men native here where a goodly section of the brain and power of the nation was represented. There is much wealth here, but the dominant spirit of those who have it is not a spirit of pride and luxury and arrogance. There is much poverty here, but it is the poverty of hope which effort and opportunity will transform into affluence. And especially is there here a spirit of good fellowship, of help one to another, and of pride in the progress of the intellectual life. And with all of these comes a growth toward the best civic character which in its aggregate expression is probably like unto the old Prophet's idea of that righteousness which exalteth a nation.

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, John W., 92, 108

Beatty, Rev. Mr., 29

Beaujeu, Captain, attacks Braddock's army, 22;
killed, 23

Bell, C. F. Moberly, 96

Benedite, 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

Contrecoeur, 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

Holland, W. J., 94, 110

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 Contrecoeur, 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

Rhys, 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

Schenley Park, 90, 91

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

Wabash R. R. Co., 49, 74

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

Zooelogical garden, 102

Transcriber's notes:

Page 30 (026.png) - Left spelling of Missisippi as is in quoted letter

Index (026.png) - Corrected spelling of Breckinridge, John C. to match correct spelling as in text (based on Internet search)

The name Rhys appears once in the text and once in the Index. In the print copy, there is a carat over the y which is not included in this version.

The name Contrecoeur appears throughout the text with an oe ligature which is removed for this version. Similarly OEdipus appears once herein without the OE ligature.