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French and Indian War Paintings by Nat Youngblood
This series of six historical paintings by local
artist Nat Youngblood depicts events in Western Pennsylvania during the
French and Indian War. The paintings were recently donated to Allegheny
Land Trust by CLS Board Member Rob MacLachlan in hope that their
eventual sale would raise funds to help purchase 78 acres of endangered
flood plain along Chartiers Creek in Allegheny County. This dream was
realized when Mellon Financial Corporation purchased the paintings for
$30,000, enabling ALT to exercise an option to buy the property. Mellon
will donate the paintings to the Fort Pitt Museum in Point State Park,
Pittsburgh, which many feel is their rightful home.
Click on an image for a larger version.
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View of troops assembling at Fort Bedford
during the Spring of 1758.
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Army train struggling to ascend the
Allegheny front between Fort Bedford and Fort Ligonier, on the Forbes
Road (Rt. 30).
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Construction of Fort Ligonier.
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Major James Grant leading a regiment of 800
Highlanders is resoundingly defeated by the French near present day
Grant Street, September 8, 1758.
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Terminally ill General John Forbes arrives
at the Point, November 25, 1758, one day after Fort Duquesne is
abandoned and burned by the fleeing French. Forbes writes of the
victory to Chancellor William Pitt and makes the first reference to the
area as “Pittsbourgh”.
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The Native American caught between the
struggling superpowers of Britain and France. All three were victors in
their time, and losers in the end.
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Read more about the sale
of the paintings and Wingfield Pines.
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