Block House of Fort Pitt. Built 1764.
FORT DUQUESNE
AND
FORT PITT
EARLY NAMES OF PITTSBURGH STREETS
SIXTH EDITION
PUBLISHED BY
FORT PITT SOCIETY
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
OF
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Reed & Witting Co., Press
1921
This little sketch of Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt iscompiled from extracts taken mainly from Parkman'sHistories; The Olden Time, by Neville B. Craig; FortPitt, by Mrs. Wm. Darlington; Pioneer History, byS. P. Hildreth, etc.
Pittsburgh
September, 1898.
CHRONOLOGY
1753—The French begin to build a chain of forts to enforcetheir boundaries.
December 11, 1753.—Washington visits Fort Le Boeuf.
January, 1754.—Washington lands on Wainwright's Islandin the Allegheny river.—Recommends that a Fort bebuilt at the "Forks of the Ohio."
February 17, 1754.—A fort begun at the "Forks of theOhio" by Capt. William Trent.
April 16, 1754.—Ensign Ward, with thirty-three men, surprisedhere by the French, and surrenders.
June, 1754.—Fort Duquesne completed.
May 28, 1754.—Washington attacks Coulon de Jumonvilleat Great Meadows.
July 9, 1755.—Braddock's defeat.
April, 1758.—Brig. Gen. John Forbes takes command.
August, 1758.—Fort Bedford built.
October, 1758.—Fort Ligonier built.
November 24, 1758.—Fort Duquesne destroyed by the retreatingFrench.
November 25, 1758.—Gen. Forbes takes possession.
August, 1759.—Fort Pitt begun by Gen. John Stanwix.
May, 1763.—Conspiracy of Pontiac.
July, 1763.—Fort Pitt besieged by Indians.
1764.—Col. Henry