Fort Pitt (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Fort Pitt’s Redoubt: a walking history of a fort, its people, and Pittsburgh’s riverfront

This book traces the Old Redoubt from its early days as a crowded, working-class stronghold to its later role as a brick relic amid a busy industrial landscape. It blends architectural detail with stories of the tenants, many Irish Catholics, who lived beside the fort and spoke Gaelic in their daily life. readers move through time as streets change, new buildings rise, and the Redoubt remains a durable link to the city’s origins.

• Explore the people, neighborhoods, and daily life surrounding the fort during its active years
• See how the Redoubt survived into later days, changing hands and purposes while the city grew around it
• Learn about the broader history of Fort Pitt, including frontier disputes and the shaping of the region’s borders
• View maps, references, and descriptions that connect the fort to Pittsburgh’s evolving riverfront

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