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Eyewitness Pittsburgh: The city's history as reported in newspapers and magazines of the time
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

As Pittsburgh prepares for its 250th birthday next November, the Post-Gazette will publish stories every other Sunday drawn from contemporary accounts in the region's newspapers and periodicals. The stories will offer snapshots at critical -- and sometimes comical -- junctures over the past two-and-a-half centuries.

1758: Pittsburgh gets its name
When Gen. John Forbes gave Pittsburgh its name in November 1758, newspapers, magazines and pamphlets ...Read the whole story
1763: Bouquet's victory lifts the siege of Fort Pitt

What little news arrived in the summer of 1763 at Fort Pitt, at the western edge of the Pennsylvania wilderness ... Read the whole story

1774: The Dunmoreburgh Steelers?

When George Washington first arrived at what became Pittsburgh's Point in 1753 ... Read the whole story

1782: While Fort Pitt is spared, Hanna's Town burns

Almost 14 months before delegates to the Continental Congress declared in July 1776 that "these united Colonies are ...Read the whole story

1794: The Whiskey Rebellion fails, Hugh Brackenridge survives

By August 1794, Western Pennsylvania's whiskey rebels had their own flags, their own army and ... Read the whole story

1804: 'Pittsburgh Almanack' mixes practical, poetic

Pittsburgh had a population of less than 1,600 when the community got its second newspaper. ... Read the whole story.

1815: Jackson's New Orleans win marked with lights

"On Tuesday night last our town was brilliantly illuminated, in commemoration of Gen. Jackson's victory ... Read the whole story.

Pittsburgh in 1817. From a Sketch by Mrs. E. C. Gibson, wife of James Gibson, Esq., of Philadelphia, while on wedding trip that year.
First published on December 30, 2007 at 2:03 am