history

The city of Pittsburgh is asking the public for help in recovering lost and stolen government artifacts. The city began to catalogue its 10,000 cubic feet…

About 300 Chinese laborers were hired to work at the Beaver Falls Cutlery Factory in 1872 because of a labor dispute — striking white workers were replaced with the contracted newcomers, and newspapers at the time reported that the white residents of Beaver Falls were not happy about it.Around the same period, Pittsburgh's Chinatown started to grow.

Preserving historical buildings and landmarks “can be a force for a renewal of spirit,” according to Matthew Craig, executive director of Young…

Americans have been celebrating the service and sacrifices made by their fellow countrymen and women in every military conflict since the end of World War…

The Boulevard of the Allies begins at the Golden Triangle in downtown Pittsburgh, crosses Grant Street and lifts off onto a ramp. The intersection is…

An American flag education center is opening in downtown Pittsburgh. The National Flag Foundation said the facility in the lobby of the Koppers Building…

Later this year, the site of the D. T. Watson Home for Crippled Children will receive a historic marker from Pennsylvania’s Historical and Museum…

By the 1960s, interest in the 1889 Johnstown Flood was waning.Few survivors of the historic tragedy were still alive. Thanks to the installation of…

Cities like Harlem and Chicago are often associated with “The Great Black Renaissance,” but for a brief time in the 20th century, Pittsburgh was an…

The New York Times reported Monday that Naomi Parker Fraley, believed to be the inspiration for Rosie the Riveter, died at age 96.But experts say she…