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The Fort Pitt Museum Celebrates 50 Years (Part 1)
This is the first in a two-part series adapted from an article found in Western Pennsylvania History magazine. Read the full article in the Summer 2019 issue. Fifty years…
Diseases Affecting 18th-Century Soldiers at Fort Pitt
The Marquis of Granby giving Alms to a sick Soldier and his Family (Penny, Edward). Courtesy of the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. For any soldier stationed in…
Five Frontier Women
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Fort Pitt Museum recognizes five women essential to early frontier history. Massy Harbison life-like figure at the Fort Pitt Museum. Massy Harbison…
Lord Dunmore’s War
What is Lord Dunmore’s War? It’s the war everyone would know if there had not been an American Revolution. Occurring at the same time as the Intolerable Acts and…
5 Can’t-Miss Artifacts at Fort Pitt
Looking for an escape from the cold this winter? Venture through Point State Park to the Fort Pitt Museum for a walk through Pittsburgh history in two floors and…
Wintering in the Ohio Country with James Smith
“Portrait of Col. James Smith,” artist unknown, c. 1800-1810. Courtesy Warren J. Shonert Americana Collection, Eva G. Farris Special Collections, W. Frank Steely Library, Northern Kentucky University. James Smith’s…
Forks of the Ohio Homeschool Series
Students sift through dirt unearthed at Point State Park with state employees to identify the history of the Point through simple archeology. One day a month during the spring…
West and South from Philadelphia: Early American Powder Horns Made by Horners, Combmakers, & Turners
In colonial America, bovine animals like cows, steer, and oxen sustained a variety of trades, from slaughtermen and butchers to tanners and shoemakers. In addition to these, a now-little-known…
Happy Thanksgiving, and Happy Birthday Pittsburgh!
Anonymous Portrait of John Forbes, c. 1751. Courtesy of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum. On Nov. 25, 1758, the British and provincial army led by Gen. John Forbes…
Fascinating Facts for Fort Pitt’s 50th
The Fort Pitt Museum will celebrate its 50th year in 2019. Planning for the museum and Point State Park began as early as the 1830s when Pittsburgh Mayor James…