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	Fort Tours \| Fort Pitt
		The Fort Pitt Museum is located in a re-created eighteenth century bastion of the famous British fort on the forks of the Ohio River in Point State Park, Pittsburgh.
		Fort Pitt, as it was named, became one of the largest English strongholds in North America.
		Fort Pitt Museum is located inside Point State Park on Commonwealth Place in the city of Pittsburgh.
	www.forttours.com /pages/tocftpitt.asp (803 words)

	Pennsylvania @ NorthEastRoads.com - Interstate 279
		Pennsylvania 121 is a relatively short state highway, connecting with Pennsylvania 50 to the north and U.S. 19 to the south.
		Close-up of signage for Interstate 279 southbound from Pennsylvania 51.
		The Duquesne Bridge is in the foreground, and the Fort Pitt Bridge is visible immediately behind it and to the left (the white tarp is in place due to construction on the lower deck at the time of this photo; Interstate 279 was closed in a southerly direction at this time).
	www.northeastroads.com /i-279_pa.html (3328 words)

	Fort Pitt Museum, Page 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Fort Pitt was under siege by about one thousand Indians from late May to early August.
		In 1772, thirteen years after it was built, Fort Pitt was sold for fifty pounds to a local contractor, and the fort was dismantled.
		By 1777, the land on which the fort had stood became part of the new nation, and control of the Forks of the Ohio passed to yet a fourth power.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /ppet/pitt/page5.asp?secid=31 (811 words)

	British Fort Pitt (1758-1772) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Fort Pitt was a formidable barrier, and the citizens of the new village of Pittsborough were delighted that it was finished.
		Both Pennsylvania and Virginia claimed ownership of Pittsburgh, and the neighboring colonies were prepared to fight to preserve their claim to the area.
		Fort Pitt was renamed Fort Dunmore, and Pittsburgh technically became a part of the Virginia colony.
	www.spdconline.org /history/Facts/FortPitt.html (1350 words)

	Fort Pitt
		Historically, Fort Duquesne is more significant then Fort Pitt as it was the venue that defied Britain’s rights to the headwaters of the Ohio while claiming the Northwest Territory for France.
		Fort Pitt was the key fortification in the struggle for empire between Britain and France in Western Pennsylvania and the Northwest Territory.
		Built in 1759 to 1761 by the British on the ashes of Fort Duquesne, Fort Pitt was the port from which the city of Pittsburgh emerged.
	www.fortpitt.org (2785 words)

	Pennsylvania State Parks - Point - PA DCNR
		The Fort Pitt Museum, the Fort Pitt Blockhouse and many plaques interpret the history and significance of the area.
		Owned and operated by the Fort Pitt Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, the blockhouse is open to the public from 9:30 a.m.
		Soon Fort Pitt was under construction on the same site and was to be the most extensive fortification by the British in the American Colonies.
	www.dcnr.state.pa.us /stateparks/parks/point.aspx (1431 words)

	History -- Fort McIntosh
		Fort McIntosh was to be the first of these and the jumping off point for the harassing campaign.
		The last years of Fort McIntosh are synonymous with the early history of the Army of the United States for the 1st American Regiment, (except for 80 men of the Continental Corps of Artillery, part at presentday West Point and part at Fort Pitt) constituted the entire Army of the United States.
		The detachment at Fort Pitt and the company of Pennsylvania Artillery under Captain Thomas Douglas, which had come to Fort McIntosh as part of the 1st American Regiment, were combined; and in 1786 Congress designated it, along with the company at the fort at West Point, as the 1st Battalion of United States Artillery.
	www.bchistory.org /beavercounty/BAHF/FortMc.Carver/Carver.History.html (1230 words)

	Ft. Laurens - About Fort Laurens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The plan was to attack Fort Detroit because the British were encouraging their Indian allies in the area north of the Ohio River to attack American settlements in the frontier region.
		Due to political pressure from the states of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and the inability to secure the necessary numbers of men and supplies, the expedition’s original purpose was changed by the Continental Congress to simply attacking Indian towns and villages along the southwestern edge of Lake Erie.
		During that time, the fort was clearly perceived by the British and their Indian allies in the northwest as a very serious threat.
	www.friendsoffortlaurens.org /about.html (747 words)

	That's It, Fort Pitt?
		The original plans for a great British fort at the Forks of the Ohio were found on Braddock's Field, as Gen. Braddock's famous and talented engineer, Harry Gordon, would have been the one charged with building the massive structure had the Forks and French Fort Duquesne been taken in 1755.
		The construction of Fort Pitt began in September 1759 and was mostly complete by the spring of 1760.
		The fort (Pitt) is built in the point between the Allegheny and Monongahela, but not so near the pitch of it as Fort Duquesne stood.
	www.paladincom.com /fortpitt.shtml (2381 words)

	Urban Transport Technology - Fort Pitt Bridge Reconstruction Project - Pennsylvania, USA
		Fort Pitt serves as an entrance to Pittsburgh (in Pennsylvania, USA).
		The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) are the sponsors of the project, where the total cost of the project has been set by the sponsor as being $60 million.
		In 2002 and 2003 one side of the Fort Pitt Tunnels and one deck of the Fort Pitt Bridge will be closed each year.
	www.urbantransport-technology.com /projects/fort_pitt/index.html (653 words)

	Fort Duquesne
		Pitt, the English Prime Minister during the French and Indian War, had determined that the only way that England could defeat France in Europe in this war was first to conquer the French in the New World.
		Fort Pitt remained under England's control until the American Revolution, when the colonists gained possession of it.
		The fort served as an important trading post with the Ohio Country natives for both the English and the Americans.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /entry.php?rec=705 (387 words)

	AKValley.com--Story of Fort Pitt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The character of the structure and the location of the new fort were probably determined upon before Forbes left on his return for Philadelphia, which he did on the 3d of December.
		It was the policy of the English Government, in which it was seconded by the Provinces of Pennsylvania and Virginia, that the officers of the army as well as the authorities of the Provinces should use every effort to conciliate the Indians and keep them on good terms.
		Although Fort Pitt was occupied in 1760, it was not finished until the summer of 1761 under Col. Bouquet.
	akvalley.com /history/forts/fortpitt/fortpitt.shtml (1704 words)

	Western PA History: Fort Pitt: Frontier Military Outpost 1750-95 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In 1755 the French descended on the fort by canoe and captured it without bloodshed (the small garrison could see they were clearly out-numbered!).
		This time to firmly establish their control, the British built a then state-of-the-art fort, Fort Pitt, named in honor of William Pitt, the Prime Minister of England.
		Fort Pitt, which covered most of the area now known as Point State Park, was the third fort built at the Point during the French and Indian War.
	www.wqed.org /erc/pghist/units/WPAhist/wpa2.shtml (904 words)

	Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA - Fort Pitt Blvd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The three westbound lanes of Fort Pitt Blvd are essentially the whole of the original Water St, although the earlier road surface was limestone block pavers.
		Closer to the river, thirty-six short spans carry three lanes of eastbound Fort Pitt Blvd on a viaduct stretching between the approach ramps from the Fort Pitt Bridge to the Smithfield St Bridge.
		The transition of the roadway geometry is evident where the multiple sets of lanes of Fort Pitt Blvd once aligned with the original Water St ramps from the Point and Manchester Bridges.
	pghbridges.com /pittsburghW/0584-4476/ftpittblvd.htm (1030 words)

	Nearby and related sites - Fort Necessity National Battlefield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Fort Ligonier, Westmoreland County, served as a staging area for the 1758 Forbes Campaign, which resulted in the capture of Fort Duquesne.
		Fort Bedford Park and Museum, Bedford County, is located on the site of Fort Bedford, which served as a supply base for General Forbes' army during its march to Fort Duquesne.
		Fort Necessity NB is in the Laurel Highlands of Southwestern Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
	www.nps.gov /fone/relsites.htm (428 words)

	Window on the Collection: William Trent's Fort Pitt Journals : Historical Society of Pennsylvania
		The son of the Pennsylvania provincial council member and chief justice of the colony of New Jersey of the same name, Trent was a soldier, Indian trader, and land speculator.
		In the summer of 1763, Trent served as captain of a militia company comprised of the traders and settlers around Fort Pitt, to assist in defense of the fort.
		Significantly, Trentâs journal is one of the few surviving documents that support the contention that the British consciously employed early biological warfare against the Indians with the use of the infamous smallpox blankets.
	www.hsp.org /default.aspx?id=626 (625 words)

	Pennsylvania Forts: page 5
		Fort DuQuesne at the point in 1754 but they burned it down to prevent its capture by the British in 1758.
		Also known as Fort La Fayette, it was built after Fort Pitt was abandoned and the town residents demanded continued military protection against the Indians.
		Fort William Crawford (1778 - 1780), Logan's Ferry, a stockade also used by the PA state militia.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/pawest.html (1728 words)

	Fort Pitt Museum Welcome Page
		In 1854 the Pennsylvania Railroad began construction of a freight depot at the Point in Pittsburgh.
		Situated in the re-created Monongahela Bastion at Point State Park, the Fort Pitt Museum commemorates the strategic importance of the Forks of the Ohio during the Great War for Empire in which British, French, Colonial, and Native American forces struggled for control of North America.
		Fort Pitt Museum, one of 26 historic sites and museums on the Pennsylvania Trail of History, is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
	www.fortpittmuseum.com /WelcomePage.html (235 words)

	Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA - Fort Pitt Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Fort Pitt Tunnels groundbreaking ceremony was held April 17, 1957.
		The Fort Pitt Tunnels are similar in design to the Squirrel Hill Tunnels on the Parkway East and the Lehigh Tunnels on the Northeast Extension of the PA Turnpike which were constructed at about the same time.
		Of the highway tunnels in Allegheny County, the Fort Pitt Tunnels (3,614 ft) are third in length behind the Liberty Tubes (5,889 ft) and the Squirrel Hill Tunnels (4,225 ft) on the Parkway East.
	pghbridges.com /pittsburghW/0583-4476/ft_pitt_tun.htm (602 words)

	Pennsylvania Highways: Interstate 279
		The $16 million Fort Pitt Tunnels opened at 2 PM on September 1, 1960, completing the Penn-Lincoln Parkway from Monroeville to the Airport.
		The Fort Pitt Bridge and Tunnel rehabilitation project which was to begin in 1993, but was pushed back to the latter part of the 1990s due to fiscal problems, officially kicked off in 1997.
		The lanes would be configured for different directions at the Fort Pitt Tunnel, with the outer two going into a new inbound tunnel and utilizing the right two lanes of the bridge for a connection to the Parkway East or Grant Street interchange.
	www.pahighways.com /interstates/I279.html (4434 words)

	Fredericks Intro
		The fort located at the convergence of the three rivers was a French outpost called Fort Duquesne.
		It was not until the Treaty at Fort Stanwix in 1768 that the areas west of the Appalachian were officially opened up for colonists to make legal claims to the land.
		This was land across the Monongahela River and about 25 miles northwest of Fort Pitt and in an area that is now part of Raccoon State Park in Beaver County, PA. Traverse Creek flows into Raccoon Creek, which is where Bastian's son Peter asked for 400 acres of land.
	webpages.charter.net /moorepage/stories/2003_fred_page1.html (5309 words)

	Interstate 376 Pennsylvania @ Interstate-Guide.com
		The section of Pennsylvania 60 from Interstate 76/Pennsylvania Turnpike north to Interstate 80 may be added to the Interstate System in the future once the highway meets Interstate standards.
		Interstate 376 approach signage on eastbound Interstate 279 crossing the Fort Pitt Bridge with the downtown Pittsburgh skyline in the background.
		The transition from Interstate 376 to U.S. 22 at the interchange with Interstate 76/Pennsylvania Turnpike.
	www.interstate-guide.com /i-376_pa.html (1948 words)

	Wikinfo \| Fort Pitt
		Fort Pitt was a fort in what is now Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
		It was named Fort Pitt after the British under General John Forbes captured the French held Fort Duquesne in 1758.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Fort_Pitt (121 words)

	Archives Service Center - Finding Aids Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Fort Pitt Bridgeworks was engaged in the construction of steel bridges and mill buildings, the production of structural steel work and reinforcing steel for road work and buildings, pressing and welding heavy plate sections, and the engineering and manufacturing of combustion systems for industrial furnaces.
		The Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, PA, was formed in May of 1896 by the merger of the Pittsburgh Architectural Iron Works with Straub and Bickle.
		This collection consists of the records of the Fort Pitt Bridge Works, known before 1930 as the Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, PA, which was incorporated in 1896.
	www.library.pitt.edu /guides/archives/finding-aids/ais6327.htm (787 words)

	Activity Two: Life at Fort Pitt : Historical Society of Pennsylvania
		Students study maps and diagrams of Fort Pitt, withÂ primary documents created by 18th century trader and militia captain William Trent, to construct a sense of how fortsÂ functioned during theÂ war, the experience of war at the fort, and the interactions of various peoples who lived, worked, and battled at the fort.Â Â Â
		Study the diagrams/maps of Forts Duquesne and Pitt for a couple minutes.
		Focus on who lives at the fort, what they do, how they live/work, the location of the fort, and the time you are observing it.
	www.hsp.org /default.aspx?id=646 (626 words)

	battle_of_fort_pitt.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		When Dinwiddie heard about the forts, he sent a young officer named George Washington to the area with a letter.
		Upon discovering this fort, the French descended upon it, threw the British out and completed the fort themselves.
		In the ensuing battle of Fort Necessity, Jumonville’s brother avenges the killing by forcing the surrender of Washington and his army of militia.
	anderson.mine.nu /Anderson_geneology/battle_of_fort_pitt.htm (624 words)

	Bedford PA BEDFORD Pennsylvania FORT Bedford,Pa. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The fort walls have been found in November 2002 and an extensive rebuilding of the origional fort on its site will begin in the near future.
		The Commanders House outside the forts entrance is on W. Pitt St. and a Historical Plaque is located on the corners of W. Pitt St. and Juliana St. Many of Bedford's streets were named after the founder of Pennsylvania's children.
		It is located at Fort Bedford in town, a rebuilt replica of the fort and a museum.
	www.memberbbb.com /pennsylvania.html (578 words)

	Partners - Fort Necessity-National Road Education and Interpretive Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The battle fought at Fort Necessity was the opening battle of that War, and marks George Washington's first battle and only surrender.
		was established in 1994 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to preserve, interpret and promote the first road in the United States that was planned, built and maintained by the federal government.
		The goals and plans of Fort Necessity and the National Road are complementary, compatible and mutually beneficial.
	www.nps.gov /fone/gmp/iec_partners.htm (589 words)

	Fort Pitt
		Congratulations to all who were honored at the 2006 Fort Pitt District Banquet and Awards Ceremony.
		Fort Pitt Awards were presented to: Kathy Habel, Shirley Brown, Martin Davis, John English, Gary Moshier, and Thomas Strong.
		Packs that were registered to attend the Fort Pitt Day Camp were: Pack 23, Edgewood: Pack 47, Turtle Creek; Pack 90, Forest Hills; Pack 109, Squirrel Hill; Pack 52, Swisshelm Park; Pack 24, Greenfield; and Pack 379, Lincoln/Larimer.
	www.gpc-bsa.org /districts/fortpitt (670 words)

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