Layers of Braddock’s History
Compiled by Jonathan Kline and Christine Brill

Pre-Colonial: Territory rules by Queen Allequippa and the Delaware Tribe
1742: 1st European settlement west of the Alleghenies by John Frazier and his family at Turtle Creek
1753-54: George Washington visits area
1755: Braddock’s Defeat on land of present day Braddock, North Braddock, and Rankin
1791: Purchase of 328 acres of land, called Braddock’s Field, by George Walla
1794: Whiskey Rebellion
1850: 1st Braddock industrial facility opens, a barrel plant
1861: McVay-Walker Foundry built, the mother of Braddock’s steel industry
1873: Carnegie-McCandles & Co. organized what became the Edgar Thomson Steel Works
1887: Carnegie Library of Braddock established, the first Carnegie Library
1919: National Steelworker Strike
1924: Braddock direct road connection to the LIncoln Highway
1950-60: Apex of Braddock’s population and industrial/commercial activity. Population at +/- 20,000
1970s: Decline of the Steel Industry. Migration of population to other urban centers and to suburban Braddock/Pittsburgh
1990: Population of Braddock at 4,468
2000: Population of Braddock at 2,912
2001-2005: Braddock’s deterioration continues unabated
2006: The battle for Braddocc begins