Timeline of Pittsburgh

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US.

18th century

19th century

1800s-1840s

  • 1803
  • 1810
    • Eagle Fire Company formed.[12]
    • Population: 4,768.[13]
  • 1811
  • 1812
  • 1813
    • Pittsburgh Humane Society[12] and Chemical and Physiological Society[12] established.
  • 1815
  • 1814
    • Fort Lafayette is abandoned.
    • Pittsburgh Permanent Library Company established.[12]
  • 1816
    • March 18: Pittsburgh borough is incorporated as a city.[14]
    • Ebenezer Denny becomes mayor.[8]
  • 1820
    • Population: 7,248.[10]
  • 1825
    • Pittsburgh Apprentices' Library founded.[9]
  • 1828
    • Town of Allegheny incorporated as a borough.
    • City water pumping system put into effect for the Allegheny River.
  • 1829
  • 1830
    • Population: 12,542.[10]
  • 1831
    • Theban Literary Society organized.[8]
  • 1832
    • African Education Society founded.[15]
    • The Flood of 1832.
    • Cholera outbreak.
  • 1833
    • Pittsburg Theater built.[16]
  • 1835
    • Board of Trade created.[17]
  • 1838
    • Pittsburg Institute of Arts and Sciences incorporated.[16]
  • 1840
    • Allegheny borough incorporated as a city.
    • Pittsburgh and Beaver Canal opens.[3]
  • 1841
  • 1842
  • 1843
  • 1844
  • 1845
    • April 10: Fire.[1]
    • Delany's The Mystery newspaper begins publication.[15]
  • 1846
  • 1847
    • Young Men's Mercantile Library & Mechanics Institute established.[9]
    • The Catholic Sisters of Mercy establish Mercy Hospital, the first hospital in Pittsburgh
  • 1849

1850s–1890s

20th century

1900s-1940s

1950s-1990s

21st century

See also

other cities in Pennsylvania

References

  1. ^ a b Townsend 1867.
  2. ^ Neel, Gregg L. (December 1938). "Notes and Documents: Pittsburgh: An Address". The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine. 21 (4): 282–283.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Killikelly 1906.
  4. ^ "A List of Houses and Inhabitants at Fort Pitt, 14 April, 1761." in Bouquet, H., Kent, D. H., Stevens, S. Kirby., British Library., Pennsylvania Historical Commission., Frontier Forts and Trails Survey. (1940). The papers of Col: Henry Bouquet, vol. 7. Harrisburg: Department of public instruction, Pennsylvania historical commission, pp 103-108
  5. ^ Chapman, Thomas Jefferson, Old Pittsburgh Days. J. R. Weldin & Company, 1900.
  6. ^ Bausman, Joseph Henderson. History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania: And Its Centennial Celebration. Knickerbocker Press, 1904.
  7. ^ a b c "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Federal Writers' Project 1940: "Pittsburgh"
  9. ^ a b c d Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  10. ^ a b c American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1832. Boston: Gray and Bowen. 1832.
  11. ^ George H. Thurston (1888), Allegheny County's Hundred Years, Pittsburgh: A. A. Anderson & Son, OCLC 4173355, OL 6905087M
  12. ^ a b c d Pittsburgh Directory for 1815, Pittsburgh: James M. Riddle, 1815, OCLC 21956933, OL 24166640M
  13. ^ a b c Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
  14. ^ History of Pittsburgh and Environs. Vol. 2. American Historical Society. 1922. p. 57.
  15. ^ a b c Nina Mjagkij, ed. (2001), Organizing Black America: an Encyclopedia of African American Associations, Garland, ISBN 978-0-8153-2309-9
  16. ^ a b c d Wilson 1898.
  17. ^ a b c d e Scott 1908.
  18. ^ "Conventions by Year". Colored Conventions. University of Delaware. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  19. ^ Aaron Brenner; Benjamin Day; Immanuel Ness, eds. (2015) [2009]. "Timeline". Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-45707-7.
  20. ^ a b c Fleming 1916.
  21. ^ M. S. Vassiliou (2009). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6288-3.
  22. ^ Reiss, Steven A. (2006). Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball Clubs. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 299–300. ISBN 978-0-313-08306-8.
  23. ^ Chamber of Commerce 1905.
  24. ^ Decker, John. "Pittsburgh's First Minor League Team". Pirates Prospects. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  25. ^ Paul S. Boyer, ed. (2001). Oxford Companion to United States History. Oxford University Press. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-19-508209-8.
  26. ^ "Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh". American Newspaper Directory. George P. Rowell. 1884.
  27. ^ a b "Historical Chronology". Our History. Senator John Heinz History Center. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  28. ^ Wm. P. Smull (1883). Smull's Legislative Hand Book and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  29. ^ The Manual of Statistics: Stock Exchange Hand-Book, NY, 1912{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  30. ^ a b c Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei, ed. (May 9, 2013). "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  31. ^ a b U.S. Census Bureau, "Mini-Historical Statistics: Population of the Largest 75 Cities: 1900 to 2000" (PDF), Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2003
  32. ^ a b c d "Pittsburgh Chronology". Historic Pittsburgh. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  33. ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Pittsburgh, PA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  34. ^ "United States and Canada, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  35. ^ "Children Tie Up Pittsburgh Traffic", New York Times, April 23, 1913
  36. ^ Patterson, Homer L. (1932), Patterson's American Educational Directory, vol. 29
  37. ^ Nina Mjagkij (1994). Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852–1946. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2801-3.
  38. ^ "Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy". Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  39. ^ "History". Pittsburgh Foundation. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  40. ^ "Pittsburgh Strike", New York Times, October 22, 1946
  41. ^ "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved November 30, 2014
  42. ^ "United States". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  43. ^ "NCGA Co-ops: Pennsylvania". Iowa: National Cooperative Grocers Association. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  44. ^ Pluralism Project. "Hinduism in America". America's Many Religions: Timelines. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  45. ^ "About Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh, PA". Penn Hills. Retrieved October 6, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  46. ^ "History of the Food Bank". Duquesne, Pennsylvania: Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  47. ^ "Pennsylvania Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  48. ^ Harry Henderson (2007). "Chronology". Artificial Intelligence: Mirrors for the Mind. NY: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60413-059-1.
  49. ^ "Pittsburgh Transit Strike Makes Commuters Scramble". New York Times. March 18, 1992. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  50. ^ "New Talks Set in Pittsburgh Newspaper Strike". New York Times. July 16, 1992. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  51. ^ "City of Pittsburgh Home Page". Archived from the original on December 2, 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
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Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

1800s-1840s

  • J.M. Riddle; M.M. Murray (1819), Pittsburgh Directory for 1819, Pittsburgh: Printed by Butler & Lambdin, OCLC 30696960, OL 24467282M
  • "Pittsburgh", American Advertising Directory, for Manufacturers and Dealers in American Goods, New York: Jocelyn, Darling & Co., 1831, OCLC 1018684
  • David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Pittsburg". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t0gt5vw9n.
  • W. G. Lyford (1837), "Pittsburgh", Western Address Directory, Baltimore: Printed by J. Robinson
  • Harris' Pittsburgh & Allegheny Directory, Pittsburgh: Printed by A.A. Anderson, 1839, OCLC 22234968, OL 23302955M
    • Isaac Harris (1841), Harris' General Business Directory of the Cities of Pittsburgh & Allegheny, Pittsburgh: Printed by A.A. Anderson
    • Harris' Business Directory of the Cities of Pittsburgh & Allegheny, Pittsburgh: Printed by A.A. Anderson, 1844, OL 24349698M
    • 1847 ed.

1850s-1890s

  • Craig, Neville B. (1851), History of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh: J.H. Mellor, OCLC 2455241, OL 6905174M
  • Directory ... of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Cities. George H. Thurston. 1856.
    • Directory of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Cities. George H. Thurston. 1860.
  • George H. Thurston (1857), Pittsburgh as It Is, Pittsburgh: W.S. Haven, OL 24590545M
  • "Views in Pittsburgh, Pa.", Ballou's Pictorial, 1857
  • "Pittsburgh". Commercial Directory of the Western States. St. Louis: Richard Edwards. 1867.
  • George Henry Townsend (1867), "Pittsburg", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
  • John Leander Bishop (1868). "Statistics of the Principal Manufacturing Cities ... with Descriptions of Remarkable Manufactories: Pittsburgh". History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860 (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433066379151.
  • Pittsburgh strangers' City Guide, Pittsburgh: J. H. McFarland, 1871, OL 24485655M
  • "Ohio River: Pittsburg". James' River Guide ... Mississippi Valley. Cincinnati: U.P. James. 1871.
  • "Pittsburgh", Appleton's Illustrated Hand-Book of American Cities, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876
  • George H. Thurston (1876), Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the Centennial Year, Pittsburgh: A.A. Anderson & Son, OCLC 1395886, OL 6905177M
  • Industries of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Richard Edwards, 1879, OCLC 11213848, OL 24653077M
  • Joseph Sabin, ed. (1885). "Pittsburgh". Bibliotheca Americana. Vol. 15. New York. OCLC 13972268.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Illustrated guide and handbook of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Pittsburgh: Fisher & Stewart, 1887, OCLC 21545881, OL 24149754M
  • Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Illustrated, Pittsburgh, Pa: Myers, Shinkle & Co., 1892, OCLC 25607897, OL 24166650M
  • Erasmus Wilson, ed. (1898). Standard History of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Chicago: H.R. Cornell & Co.
  • Samuel Harden Church (1899), "Pittsburgh", in Lyman P. Powell (ed.), Historic Towns of the Middle States, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, OCLC 248109

Published in the 20th century

1900s-1940s

  • Robert C. Brooks (1901), "Pittsburgh", Bibliography of Municipal Problems and City Conditions, Municipal Affairs, vol. 5 (2nd ed.), New York: Reform Club, OCLC 1855351
  • Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pittsburg (Pennsylvania)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 678–682.
  • Lincoln Steffens (1904), "Pittsburg", The Shame of the Cities, New York: McClure, Phillips
  • Year Book and Directory of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1905
  • Sarah Hutchins Killikelly (1906). "Chronology". History of Pittsburgh: Its Rise and Progress.
  • John Newton Boucher (1908), A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and her People, New York: Lewis Publishing Company, OL 23285465M
  • Manual of the civic and charitable organizations of greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh: A.W. McCloy, 1908, OCLC 9034197, OL 23412848M
  • Henry Brownfield Scott, ed. (1908), Sesqui-Centennial and Historical Souvenir of the Greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, OCLC 21352097, OL 6666128M{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • "Pittsburgh", United States (4th ed.), Leipzig: K. Baedeker, 1909, OCLC 02338437
  • Elizabeth Beardsley Butler (1909), Paul Underwood Kellogg (ed.), Women and the Trades, The Pittsburgh Survey, New York: Russell Sage Foundation
    • Paul Underwood Kellogg, ed. (1910), Work-Accidents and the Law, The Pittsburgh Survey, New York: Russell Sage Foundation
    • Paul Underwood Kellogg, ed. (1910), Steel Workers, The Pittsburgh Survey, New York: Russell Sage Foundation
    • Paul Underwood Kellogg, ed. (1910), Homestead, The Pittsburgh Survey, New York: Russell Sage Foundation
    • Paul Underwood Kellogg, ed. (1914), Pittsburgh District, The Pittsburgh Survey, New York: Russell Sage Foundation
    • Paul Underwood Kellogg, ed. (1914), Wage-Earning Pittsburgh, The Pittsburgh Survey, New York: Russell Sage Foundation
  • Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Pittsburg", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
  • "The Building of Pittsburgh", Architectural Record, vol. 3, pp. 204–282, 1911, hdl:2027/uc1.b3065967
  • Edward Hungerford (1913), "Steel's Great Capital", The Personality of American Cities, New York: McBride, Nast & Company
  • George T. Fleming, ed. (1916), Pittsburgh: How to See It, Pittsburgh: William G. Johnston Co., OCLC 7590447, OL 6587215M
  • Story of Pittsburgh. First National Bank at Pittsburgh. 1919.
  • "Pittsburgh Section". Automobile Blue Book. New York: Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co. 1920.
  • Pittsburgh Blue Book, Pittsburgh: R.L. Polk & Company, 1920
  • History of Pittsburgh and Environs. NY: American Historical Society. 1922.
    • v.2
  • Federal Writers' Project (1937). Tales of Pioneer Pittsburgh. Philadelphia: William Penn Association.
  • Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Pittsburgh", Pennsylvania: a Guide to the Keystone State, American Guide Series, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 294+, OL 6408386M

1950s-1990s

  • Lubove, Roy, ed. Pittsburgh 1976. 294 pp. short excerpts covering main themes
  • Robert I. Vexler (1977), Howard B. Furer (ed.), Pittsburgh: a chronological & documentary history, 1682–1976, American Cities Chronology Series, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, ISBN 0-379-00606-5
  • Barbara Ferman (1996). Challenging the Growth Machine: Neighborhood Politics in Chicago and Pittsburgh. Studies in Government and Public Policy. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-0786-0.
  • "Pittsburgh". USA. Lonely Planet. 1999. p. 257+. ISBN 9780864425133. OL 19682441M.

Published in the 21st century

  • Louise A. Jezierski (2012), "Partnerships in Pittsburgh: civic cultures and organizational capacities", in Laura A. Reese and Raymond A. Rosenfeld (ed.), Comparative Civic Culture: the Role of Local Culture in Urban Policy-Making, Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, ISBN 978-1-4094-3654-6
  • James Fallows and Deborah Fallows, ed. (April 5, 2017), "City Makers: American Futures", The Atlantic (series of articles about Pittsburgh), 2014-

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pittsburgh.
  • "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania". Tools & Research. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013.
  • Items related to Pittsburgh[permanent dead link], various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
  • "Resources for Western Pennsylvania History". Pittsburgh History Series Teachers' Guide. WQED. Archived from the original on September 15, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  • "City Directories". Historic Pittsburgh. (fulltext, various dates)
  • "History: 79-303 Pittsburgh and the Transformation of Modern Urban America". Research Guides. Carnegie Mellon University Libraries.
  • Martin Aurand. "Pittsburgh Architecture". Architecture. Research Guides. Carnegie Mellon University Libraries.

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