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Pittsburg AttractionsThe
Ezekiel Airship - In late 1902, at least a year before the Wright brothers
soared into the sky, an airplane designed by Rev. Burrell Cannon was flown 160
feet at Pittsburg. See:
The
Ezekiel Airship by Bob Bowman (From "All Things Historical")
The First Air Flight
by Bob Bowman (From "All Things Historical") Northeast
Texas Rural Heritage Center & Museum
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In the old Cotton Belt Railroad Depot on Marshall St.
Thursday - Saturday
10AM - 4PM. 903-856-0463Witness
Park and Prayer Tower
- Jefferson and Lafayette Street.
"The tower features four Paccard bells
from France and a chapel that never closes."
Pittsburg
Tourist Information
Camp County Chamber of Commerce:
903- 856-3442, 800-207-3442
202 Jefferson
Street Pittsburg, Texas 75686
http://www.pittsburgtx.com/ |
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displayed at the Prayer Tower in Pittsburg: Jesus Washing Peter's Feet
Photo by Barclay
Gibson, 2005 |
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Pittsburg water tower
Photo courtesy Kazu |
Pittsburg
History"Pittsburg
... is the largest and the oldest town in the county. ... Caddo and Cherokee Indians
resided in the area during the early 1800s, but they had for the most part abandoned
the area before settlers began arriving from Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama in
the late 1830s. A community began to emerge in the 1850s, and when the post office
was established in 1855 it was named Pittsburgh, in honor of the family of William
Harrison Pitts, said to have arrived from Warren County, Georgia, the year before...."
See Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/PP/hgp7.html |
Pittsburg
Texas Forum Subject:
Pittsburg
I
want to say I had the honor of visiting Pittsburg in 1991! My father was Milton
Cheney and we(my seven siblings and I) had never met our fathers family. He was
born in Oregon as all of us were. After some searching I found Sam and Earline
Jones. Earline is my Dad's sister. It was very exciting to visit the town where
a lot of our roots were from. I must say I loved Pittsburg! I also loved all the
Cheneys I met. I truly want to visit again some day. Sincerely, Dixie Nunn,
Lebanon, Oregon, March 20, 2006
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