Pittsburgh - New Kensington - Butler - Leechburg - Natrona Heights - Kittanning - Freeport Tarentum - Lower Burrell - Vandergrift - Ford City - Hyde Park - Fox Chapel - Brackenridge Your Guide to the Alle-Kiski Valley and the Greater Pittsburgh Area Thursday July 24, 2008 Home     In Business     Go Outside     History     Diversion     Back Issues     "The Current Edition" History Groups Meet the Royal Americans, 60th Regiment The Burtner House Restoration Society Go and stand upon the banks of the Allegheny in Kittanning or Freeport, Tarentum or New Kensington. Now imagine the river teeming with over a thousand canoes ferrying a French army 3000 strong to take possession of The Point. Such was the scene in the spring of 1748. The first big international war--the Seven Years War--was fought in part for control of the Allegheny and Ohio river valley. And this war was started by a young Lieutenant in the British Army named George Washington when he fired on a French force near present day Uniontown, PA. Visit Our Clients Costello Printing & Graphics Golden Years Management Newport Business Institute Oakbridge Academy of Arts Priority Financial Services Rametta Audiology & Hearing Aid Center West Interior Services Word Association, Publishers AKValley.com, PO Box 16 Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania 15065 724-224-4547 Copyright 1999-2004 by Darren McPhilimy, All Rights Reserved.