250 years people have come to the forks of the ohio, the place for the Allegheny River comes together to form the ohio river. It is a place where ideas have converged. Now follow me and lets take a look at 250 years of pittsburgh innovation. 20,000 years ago, people started coming to north america. No one is native to north america. They all came from someplace else. About 30 miles west of pittsburgh is a place called the meadow cropped rock shelter. It is deal decided human habitation in north america. Representative of those first people in western pennsylvania. Arrivedfirst europeans they found native peoples here. Peoples who settled at the confluence of the three rivers. When George Washington arrives in 1753, he wanted to meet queen alaquip. She was a chief. She was probably already in her late 70s or 80s when 21yearold George Washington arrives. 21yearold washington was six big and strong with red hair. He was trying to build a career. The governor of virginia hired him to come
The west, prior to st. Louis being the gateway. A pittsburgh native who took the art world by storm. A visit to the andy warhol museum. He grew up in pittsburgh. He was born in 1928, the youngest of three siblings. He grew up really religious. They revise and team catholics. Byzantine catholics. We begin at the Heinz History Center for the look at innovations created right here in western pennsylvania. Pittsburgh is an amazing place. It is a city with a tradition of innovation. For 250 years people have come from all over the world to the forks of the ohio, the place for the allegheny and monongahela river comes together to form the ohio river. It is a place where ideas have converged. Now follow me and lets take a look at 250 years of pittsburgh innovation. 20,000 years ago, people started coming to north america. No one is native to north america. They all came from someplace else. About 30 miles west of pittsburgh is a place called the meadow cropped rock shelter. It is the oldest s
Next, a look at our recent visit to pittsburgh, pennsylvania. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan 3. Countryitsty is the placeu will were the Allegheny River comes together informs the ohio river. Its a place where ideas have converged. Follow me, lets take a look at 250 years of pittsburgh innovation. 20,000 years ago people started coming to north america. No one is native to north america. They all came from someplace else. About 30 miles west of pittsburgh is a place called the meadow cropped rock shelter. It is deal decided human habitation in north america. This figure is representative of those first people in western pennsylvania. One the first europeans arrived they found native peoples here. Peoples who settled at the confluence of the three rivers. When George Washington arrives in 1753, he wanted to meet queen alaquip. She was a chief. She was probably already in her late 70s or 80s when 21yearold George Washington arrives. 21yearold w