Westmoreland County has played an important part in the development of Pennsylvania and the nation, so it seems natural that many of its sons and daughters have made major contributions of their own. As 2023 comes to a close — and with it, the 250th anniversary of the founding of
Carnegie Steel Company, American steel company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and founded by Scottish-born American industrialist Andrew Carnegie and a handful of associates in the late 1800s. The name Carnegie Steel Company can refer to Carnegie’s first steel plant, which opened in 1875, as
Inside the private lives, immense tragedies, and enormous glamour of the storied and scandalous American dynasties that inspired HBO s smash hit period drama, The Gilded Age.