Happy Halloween from the cemetery at 6th and Smithfield!Submitted by knawshaw t3_yi389f in pittsburgh
NSlocal t1_iuhq8r9 wrote
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The Pitt field you mention was Three Rivers Stadium which was formerly a native american burial site. Presumably long removed or built over by the time the stadium was built. Does not make it right though. Voegtly Cemetery in Troy Hill received the remains of many individuals rediscovered during the I279 project. If you go there today you will see a plaque that details the move. The cemetery is beautiful but has fallen into a bad state of appearance.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/tsphotos/voegtly-pittsburgh.htm
knawshaw OP t1_iuhqo0q wrote
I was referring to the cemetery on Robinson st. Ext / Allliquippa, now U Pitt Fields / Field House
NSlocal t1_iuhs2dk wrote
Ahh got it, yeah it went on all over. The native american sites are poorly documented, I wish there was more info on where they were located.
jetsetninjacat t1_iujmjzt wrote
I had a set of great great grandparents who had a house on Breckenridge where the tennis courts are now. One of my aunts has pictures of the cemetery there.
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