• Artist's interpretation of Fort Pitt in 1759 with the Allegheny (left) and Monongahela (right) rivers. At their confluence is the Ohio River, seen at the bottom.
  • A replica scene of work being done in one of Fort Pitt's underground locations. Fort Pitt Inside the Fort Pitt Museum.
  • Fort Pitt remained under England's control until the American Revolution, when the colonists gained possession of it.
  • The fort was designed to withstand potential assaults, both from the French and their Native American allies. The Siege of Fort Pitt: Pontiac’s War.
  • It became a Girl's Technical High School and was opened in September 1929,today the same site is still occupied by Fort Pitt Grammar School.
  • Fort Pitt is a growing, somewhat developed, and ancient nation at 1543 days old with citizens primarily of Caucasian ethnicity whose religion is Islam.
  • One of its partners, Major Isaac Craig, began to live in one of the fort’s outbuildings, the redoubt now called The Fort Pitt Block House.
  • The French had previously built Fort Duquesne (1) very close to the site of Fort Pitt but had destroyed it in 1758 to prevent capture by British forces.
  • Discover the world-shaping events that occurred right here in Pittsburgh at the Fort Pitt Museum, located within Point State Park.
  • In 1759, the British started what was then considered to be “the state of the art” military fort for the time, Fort Pitt, in honor of William Pitt the Elder.