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The most famous phrase from Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address promised policies "with malice toward none; with charity for all ..." (06/28/2009)
As the United States lurched closer to civil war during the summer of 1860, Pittsburgh residents could look heavenward for some momentary distraction. (06/14/2009)
Eyewitness: 1859 Split decisions on slavery in Pennsylvania Few acts of Congress have so bitterly divided the country as did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. (05/31/2009)
When stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad gathered in Philadelphia on Feb. 6, 1854, that meeting was big news in Pittsburgh. (05/17/2009)
Dramatic demonstrations of 19th-century scientific principles drew large crowds to Pittsburgh's Philo Hall for several nights during March 1842. (05/03/2009)
Pittsburgh 250: Eyewitness
- Eyewitness 1864: Civil War relief effort more than 'fair' (06/28/2009)
- Eyewitness 1860: 'Pittsburgh, we have a problem' (06/14/2009)
- Eyewitness 1859: Split decisions on slavery in Pennsylvania (05/31/2009)
- Eyewitness 1854: Pittsburgh to Philadelphia in -- gulp -- a day (05/17/2009)
- Eyewitness 1842: Mesmerists impress Pittsburgh with their magnetism (05/03/2009)
- Eyewitness 1837: Financial panic dimmed economic light in Pittsburgh (04/19/2009)
- Eyewitness 1823: Frontier Pittsburgh pursues culture (04/05/2009)
- Eyewitness 1818: No jail could hold this Pittsburgh thief (03/22/2009)
- Eyewitness 1811: From Pittsburgh to New Orleans by steamboat (03/08/2009)
- Eyewitness 1792: Escaping the temptations of Pittsburgh (02/22/2009)
- Eyewitness 1800: Jeffersonians get a loud voice in Pittsburgh (02/08/2009)
- Eyewitness 1786: First newspaper west of the Alleghenies (01/25/2009)
- Eyewitness 1782: A year of blood and vengeance (01/11/2009)
- Eyewitness 1763: Fort Pitt survives flood, siege (12/28/2008)
- Eyewitness 1755: Life and sudden death at Fort Duquesne (12/14/2008)
- Eyewitness 1753: Washington gets to The Point (11/30/2008)
- EYEWITNESS 1941: Saddened mother learns dual meaning of 'aloha' (11/16/2008)
- Eyewitness 1936: Roosevelt vs. Landon, Knox and Coughlin (11/02/2008)
- Eyewitness 1927: Symphony out of tune with the 'Blue Laws' (10/19/2008)
- Eyewitness 1914: When Billy Sunday preached, 1.6 million listened (10/05/2008)
- Eyewitness 1908: Serious ceremonies and pleasant rioting for Pittsburgh's 150th (09/21/2008)
- Eyewitness 1894: Mr. Coxey goes to Washington -- Via Pittsburgh (09/07/2008)
- Eyewitness 1889: Canute on the Little Conemaugh (08/24/2008)
- Eyewitness 1877: Rumors, ruins remain after rail strike (08/10/2008)
- Eyewitness: 1877 / There will be blood, arson and riot (07/27/2008)
- Eyewitness 1869: Pittsburgh 'marriage' heals Presbyterian split (07/13/2008)
- Eyewitness 1867: No joy in Pittsburgh: Sculler Hamill claims a 'foul' (06/29/2008)
- Eyewitness 1863: As Lee moves northward, Pittsburgh digs in (06/15/2008)
- Eyewitness 1862: No exaggerating horror at arsenal explosion (06/01/2008)
- Eyewitness 1858: Woman who killed for love, money faces the hangman (05/18/2008)
- Eyewitness 1856: Republicans get their act together (05/04/2008)
- Eyewitness 1851: Jenny Lind leaves Pittsburgh wanting more (04/20/2008)
- Eyewitness 1845: 'Fearful calamity' fades quickly (04/06/2008)
- Eyewitness 1833: Pittsburgh supports theater, music and books (03/23/2008)
- Eyewitnesss 1825: Pittsburgh honors 'The Nation's Guest' (03/09/2008)
- Eyewitness 1815: Jackson's New Orleans win marked with lights (02/24/2008)
- Eyewitness 1804: 'Pittsburgh Almanack' mixes practical, poetic (02/10/2008)
- Eyewitness 1794: The Whiskey Rebellion fails, Hugh Brackenridge survives (01/27/2008)
- Eyewitness 1782: While Fort Pitt is spared, Hanna's Town burns (01/13/2008)
- Eyewitness 1774: The Dunmoreburgh Steelers? (12/30/2007)
- Eyewitness 1763: Bouquet's victory lifts the siege of Fort Pitt (12/16/2007)
- Eyewitness 1758: Pittsburgh gets its name (12/02/2007)
Opinion 250
- Big ideas for Pittsburgh (11/23/2008)
- Sunday Forum: Shake Things Up! (10/19/2008)
- The Next Page: A plenitude of Pittsburghia (10/05/2008)
- Sunday Forum: Loving/hating Pittsburgh (09/28/2008)
- Sunday Forum: Higher ed rocks (07/13/2008)
- Sunday Forum: Equity first (06/08/2008)
- Sunday Forum: Merger schmerger (05/11/2008)
- Opinion 250: Pittsburgh's lost opportunities (03/23/2008)
- Opinion 250: Downtown at a crossroads (03/16/2008)
- Sunday Forum: Facts first (02/24/2008)
- Opinion 250: Let's get busy (02/10/2008)
- Opinions 250: Viewpoints on Pittsburgh's future (02/10/2008)
- Opinion 250: The view from on high (02/03/2008)
- Opinion 250: The challenges ahead (01/20/2008)
- Opinion 250: Defined by our past (01/20/2008)
- Opinion 250: Past as prologue (01/06/2008)
- Opinion 250: We shall overcome (01/06/2008)
MORE PITTSBURGH 250
Community Connections-- now with VoxPop
VoxPop allows participants in Pittsburgh 250 Community Connections to record and share audio of live events, lectures, speeches, debates with friends, or just make comments.
Community Connections
Community Connections projects are funded to help celebrate Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary.
See: $1 million for regional, grassroots projects for Pittsburgh's anniversary.
Example:
- 360-degree view of the Industrial Arts Co-op project
Information: Community Connections Newsletter
Following Forbes' Footsteps
A weekly series revisited the Pennsylvania communities through which Gen. John Forbes passed on his 1758 expedition to capture what is now Pittsburgh's Point.
Pittsburgh at 250
As Pittsburgh celebrates its 250th anniversary this year, the Post-Gazette will publish stories every other Sunday drawn from accounts in the region's newspapers and periodicals of the era. The stories will offer snapshots at critical -- and sometimes comical -- junctures over the past two-and-a-half centuries.
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