A Short History of Pittsburgh.
The first records of European visitors to the Pittsburgh were fur traders in 1717. The region, for a time, was claimed by France. As time pasted, military interest in the area grew, as George Washington observed, the Golden Triangle was “extremely well suited for a Fort; as it has absolute Command of both Rivers.” In 1754 Great Britain started to build a fort, however the French took control of the area, in 1758, after some years of fighting, Great Britain regained control of the area. By 1760, Pittsburgh had 149, non soldier residents. In 1794 Pittsburgh became a town. At the beginning of 1800, the city had a population of 1565. Seventy years later the population had grown to 86,076. Between the years 1890 to 1911, the last H in Pittsburg was dropped, because of a decision of the United States Board on Geographic Names. In 1900 the city had a population of 321,616. In 1901, United States Steel was incorporated, with a net capitalization of 1.4 billion dollars.
Currently, the City of Pittsburgh is home to five Fortune 500 companies. Including United States Steel, PNC Financial Services Group, and PPG Industries. A London Based group has recently ranked Pittsburgh as the “Most Livable City” in the U.S. and number 29 in the world.
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Julie Percha. Pittsburgh Post Gazette.com. Pittsburgh Post Gazette. 22 Feb. 2011. Web. 16 Oct. 2011 <http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11053/1127102-53.stm>
Pennsylvania Department of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Web. 16 Oct. 2011. <http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/hname.html>
Stefan Lorant. Historic Pittsburgh. University of Pittsburgh's Digital Research Library. 1999. Web. 16 Oct. 2011. <http://digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology/>
Map from The University of Pittsburgh’s Digital Research Library. Historic Pittsburgh Map Collection. <http://digital.library.pitt.edu/maps/>
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