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 Wednesday August 20, 2008 Home     In Business     Go Outside     History     Diversion     Back Issues     History - Pioneers Ford at Kiskiminetas: Near Hyde Park Massa Harbison: A True Story of Kidnap, Murder and Flight in the Indian Lands of Western Pennsylvania, 1792 Washington Beale Homestead: Harrison Township The Burtner House: Historic 19th Century Stone House, Harrison 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.