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North Braddock, borough (1990 pop. 7,036), Allegheny co., W Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River; inc. 1897. Andrew Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew (kärnĕg`ē, kär`nəgē), 1835–1919, American industrialist and philanthropist, b. ..... Click the link for more information. 's first steel plant was built there in 1875. The borough was the site of Gen. Edward Braddock's defeat in the last conflict of the French and Indian Wars French and Indian Wars, 1689–1763, the name given by American historians to the North American colonial wars between Great Britain and France in the late 17th and the 18th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. and of a mass meeting of farmers instituting the Whiskey Rebellion Whiskey Rebellion, 1794, uprising in the Pennsylvania counties W of the Alleghenies, caused by Alexander Hamilton 's excise tax of 1791. The settlers, mainly Scotch-Irish, for whom whiskey was an important economic commodity, resented the tax as discriminatory and ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Thomas Jackson, 78, of North Braddock, was selected as the fourth grand prize finalist in the Pennsylvania Lottery's CASH 5 NASCAR Weekends at Pocono contest. The five finalists are: Cecelia Auerbeck of Altoona, Blair County; Raymond Petrosky of Munhall, Allegheny County; Tammy Blankenship of Robinson, Indiana County; Thomas Jackson of North Braddock, Allegheny County and Evelyn Marburger of New Castle, Lawrence County. |
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