The only part of Fort Pitt still standing is the Block House. The fort was only made of logs (like you see in Westerns). They excavated the point and found the outline of the fort and layed down bricks. The fort hasn't stood in probably 200 years. At one time the Block House was the home of Mayor David Lawrence. The Lorant book about Pittsburgh has a picture of it and you wouldn't recognize it. At one time the Point was completely covered with houses and businesses, not the park it is today. Lawrence lived on South Atlantic and was a member of St. Lawrence O'Toole, but he always attended St. Mary's at the Point (his parish as a child). When I was a kid, I would check the bulletin every week and Lawrence had donated $5.00 to St. Lawrence (a big donation at the time). Fort Necessity is somewhere near Latrobe, not in Pittsburgh. They have a recreation of the fort there. It only lasted a few months. Put up quickly for defense. Yes, Al I had heard about Mac being at the dedication of the block house. Mac, did you swim in the pond where Kaufmanns is now? Rosanne

There were two ponds there, Hoggs Pond, the largest stretched up to Grants Hill and a smaller one between Wood and Smithfield. Lenkner was the lifeguard at Hoggs Pond. BTW, I found the drawing Al made for my 2nd grade project. I stand corrected, (his handwriting was/is so poor) the fort I was referring to was Fort Fayette just down river from Hand Street (now 9th Street). Fort Pitt and Fort Duquesne were the same and at the point, just different owners. [email protected] wrote: > The only part of Fort Pitt still standing is the Block House. The fort was > only made of logs (like you see in Westerns). They excavated the point and > found the outline of the fort and layed down bricks. The fort hasn't stood in > probably 200 years. > > At one time the Block House was the home of Mayor David Lawrence. The Lorant > book about Pittsburgh has a picture of it and you wouldn't recognize it. At > one time the Point was completely covered with houses and businesses, not the > park it is today. Lawrence lived on South Atlantic and was a member of St. > Lawrence O'Toole, but he always attended St. Mary's at the Point (his parish as > a child). When I was a kid, I would check the bulletin every week and > Lawrence had donated $5.00 to St. Lawrence (a big donation at the time). > > Fort Necessity is somewhere near Latrobe, not in Pittsburgh. They have a > recreation of the fort there. It only lasted a few months. Put up quickly for > defense. > > Yes, Al I had heard about Mac being at the dedication of the block house. > Mac, did you swim in the pond where Kaufmanns is now? > > Rosanne > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:[email protected] that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

--=======39E77A1B======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-45A33301; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Rosanne, How did you find out where the pond was located? As I recall, maybe incorrectly, it was named Hogg's Pond. Al At 03:10 PM 9/26/2004, you wrote: >The only part of Fort Pitt still standing is the Block House. The fort was >only made of logs (like you see in Westerns). They excavated the point and >found the outline of the fort and layed down bricks. The fort hasn't >stood in >probably 200 years. > >At one time the Block House was the home of Mayor David Lawrence. The Lorant >book about Pittsburgh has a picture of it and you wouldn't recognize it. At >one time the Point was completely covered with houses and businesses, not the >park it is today. Lawrence lived on South Atlantic and was a member of St. >Lawrence O'Toole, but he always attended St. Mary's at the Point (his >parish as >a child). When I was a kid, I would check the bulletin every week and >Lawrence had donated $5.00 to St. Lawrence (a big donation at the time). > >Fort Necessity is somewhere near Latrobe, not in Pittsburgh. They have a >recreation of the fort there. It only lasted a few months. Put up >quickly for >defense. > >Yes, Al I had heard about Mac being at the dedication of the block house. >Mac, did you swim in the pond where Kaufmanns is now? > >Rosanne > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:[email protected] >that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.769 / Virus Database: 516 - Release Date: 9/24/2004 --=======39E77A1B======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-45A33301 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.769 / Virus Database: 516 - Release Date: 9/24/2004 --=======39E77A1B=======--