Making History Blog
How do they do it?: Recreating and Maintaining a Prehistoric Indian Village
From approximately 1050 to 1650, the Monongahela Indians sought out suitable ridges, saddles, and knobs among the Upper Ohio and Monongahela River drainages to establish their villages. Never the site…
3 Things Not to Miss This Summer at Fort Pitt
The Fort Pitt Museum, located in the heart of historic Point State Park, is gearing up for an active summer with a new exhibit, weekly Living History demonstrations and events,…
Helen MacCloskey, Pioneer Aviatrix
The following article was written by former Detre Library & Archives Archivist Theresa Rea and originally appeared in the Winter 2014-15 edition of Western Pennsylvania History magazine. The popularity of…
Women’s History Month: Political Leaders
March is the perfect time to tour the History Center and focus on the contributions that women from this region have made to history. To celebrate Women’s History Month, here…
Bertha Lamme, Engineer
Women’s History Month: Bertha Lamme Trailblazer with a Slide Rule Bertha Lamme, at work at Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, 1895. Image courtesy of Dorothy Boyer. As recently as 1980,…
10 Must-Sees at the History Center
Pittsburgh Streetcar #1724 When you step into the History Center’s first floor Great Hall, one of the first things you’ll see is Pittsburgh Streetcar #1724. The streetcar, which was taken…
Book Reviews: Winter 2014-15
The Fort Pitt Block House By Emily M. Weaver Charleston: The History Press, 2013 160 pps., b&w photo illustrations $19.99 paperback The oldest structure in Pittsburgh, The Fort Pitt Block…
Book Reviews: Fall 2014
At Home With History: What Did I Do With My Life? By Agnes Dodds Kinard Pittsburgh: Geyer Printing Co., 2013 501 pps., photo illustrations, memory album pull-out $100.00 spiral bound…
Book Reviews: Summer 2014
I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island: Life in a Civil War Prison By David R. Bush Gainsville: University Press of Florida, 2011 269 pps., B&W illustrations, index $34.95…
Book Reviews: Spring 2014
James Buchanan and the Coming of the Civil War Edited by John W. Quist and Michael J. Birkner Gainsville: University Press of Florida, 2013 282 pp., B&W illustrations, index $69.95…