Tag: Fort Duquesne

  • Diagramming and Diorama-ing Fort Duquesne

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    Brendan Barry
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    Pittsburgh exists because of the city sits at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers. As far back as the early 18th century, English and French colonists had recognised the strategic value of the site and as imperial ambitions ramped up, the French finally wrested control of the area from the English and…