Pittsburg
April 7, 2018 - Comment
Pittsburg was purposely located in the center of the Cherokee-Crawford coal field of southeastern Kansas in 1876. The city’s founders intended for the new mining camp to serve as a convenient shipping point for the tons of bituminous coal that would be extracted from the region. Little did the founders anticipate how quickly Pittsburg would become the dominant city in the rapidly industrialized southeastern corner of Kansas and one of the most populous cities in the state. Immigrants from over 50 ethnic groups came to Pittsburg to provide the necessary labor for the deep-shaft coal mines, the railroads, and many other industries. Pittsburg State University, established in 1903 as a manual training school, is one of the most significant features of modern-day Pittsburg and is widely recognized for excellence in academics and athletics.
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Great pics Great Book. My parents are from Pittsburg and loved it.
Pittsburg Kansas History Purchased at Amazon This is obviously a well-researched work and put together so nicely. Having grown up in Pittsburg, Kansas, I was personally in awe of all the old photographs. Names I grew up hearing all my life were reflected in the early days depicted within these pages. A very good read as well as informative and educational.
Learning History with a dose of Nostalgia PittsburgThis book is one of a series of picture books, Images of America, of small towns across the country. I grew up in Pittsburg, Kansas, living there from age 8 to 21. After I left home, I returned every two or three years to visit my parents who were still there and then my dad who ran a business on Broadway until his death in 1983. In the years since, my visits lessened, usually timed to class and college reunions. I bought my first copy to use as a gift and found I couldn’t…