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  2. Fort Pitt Museum - Wikipedia

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    Fort Pitt Museum is an indoor/outdoor museum that is administered by the Senator John Heinz History Center in downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers , where the Ohio River is formed.

  3. Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania) - Wikipedia

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    A view of the Fort Pitt Museum from Mount Washington; its structure is a recreation of a bastion of Ft. Pitt. In the 20th century, the city of Pittsburgh commissioned archeological excavation of the foundations of Fort Pitt. Afterward, some of the fort was reconstructed to give visitors at Point State Park a sense of the size of the fort.

  4. Point State Park - Wikipedia

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    The fort was a staging ground in Dunmore's War of 1774. [13] During the American Revolutionary War, Fort Pitt was the headquarters for the western theatre of the war. [13] A small brick building called the Blockhouse—actually an outbuilding known as a redoubt—remains in Point State Park, the only intact remnant of Fort Pitt. It was erected ...

  5. Fort Pitt Museum hosts seminar on 250th anniversary of ... - AOL

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    PITTSBURGH ― The Fort Pitt Museum, part of the Sen. John Heinz History Center family of museums, will host an April 27 seminar commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Yellow Creek Massacre.

  6. Heinz History Center - Wikipedia

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    Since 2010, the History Center has operated the Fort Pitt Museum, a two-floor, 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m 2) museum located at Point State Park. [23] [24] The museum tells the story of Western Pennsylvania’s pivotal role during the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and as the birthplace of Pittsburgh. [24]

  7. List of museums in Pittsburgh - Wikipedia

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    Elmer H. Grimm Sr. Pharmacy Museum: Oakland: Medical: Historic pharmacy displays, part of the University of Pittsburgh: Fort Pitt Museum: Downtown: Open air: Fort Pitt's role during the French & Indian War, American Revolution, the Whiskey Rebellion and the founding of Pittsburgh, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

  8. List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Allegheny ...

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    Point State Park, between Fort Pitt Museum & Blockhouse, Pittsburgh 40°26′28″N 80°00′35″W  /  40.44109°N 80.00967°W  / 40.44109; -80.00967  ( Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - Fort Duquesne

  9. Fort Pitt Block House - Wikipedia

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    The Fort Pitt Block House (sometimes called Bouquet's Blockhouse [6] or Bouquet's Redoubt [7]) is a historic building in Point State Park in the city of Pittsburgh.It was constructed in 1764 as a redoubt of Fort Pitt, making it the oldest extant structure in Western Pennsylvania, [8] as well as the "oldest authenticated structure west of the Allegheny Mountains".