A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People V1 (1908)
A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People V1 (1908)

Author: John Newton Boucher

Publisher:

Published: 2008-06-01

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 9781436719964

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Iconic Pittsburgh: The City's 30 Most Memorable People, Places and Things
Iconic Pittsburgh: The City's 30 Most Memorable People, Places and Things

Author: Paul King

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1467143596

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The Steel City has boasted some of the most famous figures, landmarks and innovations in the country's history. Pittsburgh's past is littered with dozens of fascinating stories behind the icons that define it. Mary Schenley was the city's biggest benefactress of the nineteenth century, gifting the site of the 425-acre park in her name, but her fortune was almost lost when she eloped at the age of fifteen. The first ever call-in radio talk show began at famed KDKA in 1951, inspiring the birth of an entire industry. Mount Washington offers tourists sweeping views of the city today, but it once supplied coal to Pittsburghers and was the site of a sixteen-year underground mine fire. Author Paul King lists the best people, places and things of Pittsburgh's grand history.