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A Coca Cola
sign in Pittsburg, Texas
Photo by Barclay Gibson, 2005 |
Pittsburg
Attractions
The 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. 903-856-0463
Witness
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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The
Prayer Tower in Pittsburg, Texas
Photo by Barclay Gibson, 2005 |
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Statures
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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