Historic Sites in Elizabeth, PA

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It is here in southwestern Pennsylvania that this little girl, who grew up to become "one of the most inf...

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The museum consists of six rooms with numerous displays of local memorabilia, including old photographs. ...

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This building possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. This was ...

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Established April 15, 1904, by Andrew Carnegie. The Pittsburgh-based foundation awards the Carnegie Medal in the Unit...

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Led by Gen. Rufus Putnam, the first settlers to establish American government in the Northwest Territory, built boats...

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Here were the boatyards of John and Samuel Walker, a major center for building boats for western waters. A ship launc...

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Plant here began in 1886. Acquired by Andrew Carnegie, 1890; by U.S. Steel, 1901. Workers here implemented advances i...

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Inventor of air brake and some 400 other devices. Developed AC transmission of electric current. Spent creative years...

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Labor leader, workers' advocate. Arrested and jailed in Homestead for speaking to striking steelworkers, 1919. When a...

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An influential leader of the Seneca Nation in this area and ally of the British during the time of the French & India...

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On the morning of July 6, 1892, on orders of the Carnegie Steel Co., 300 Pinkerton agents attempted to land near here...

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In 1934 this McKeesport native became the 1st woman to pilot a commercial airliner. Discriminated against because she...

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Oldest settlement in the valley and transportation center since the days of Devore's Ferry, chartered 1775. Laid out ...

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From whom McKeesport derives its name, first permanent white settler at the forks of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny...

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One of the nation's earliest and most successful river navigation systems, its series of locks and dams, begun in 183...

Rachel Carson Homestead