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
