Pittsburg

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    former spelling of Pittsburgh historical

    "I never see a shivering, white-faced wretch in the prisoners’ dock that I do not hark back with shuddering horror to the strange events on the Pullman car Ontario, between Washington and Pittsburg, on the night of September ninth, last."

  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Alabama.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Arkansas.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Contra Costa County, California.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Gunnison County, Colorado.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Polk County, Florida.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Georgia.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Illinois.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Williamson County, Illinois.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township, Carroll County, Indiana.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Iowa.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Crawford County, Kansas.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Mitchell County, Kansas.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and coal town in Laurel County, Kentucky.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bennington Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hickory County, Missouri.
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Seward County, Nebraska.
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Lander County, Nevada.
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Scotch Irish Township, Rowan County, North Carolina.
  18. 23
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Monroe Township, Darke County, Ohio.
  19. 24
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
  20. 25
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon.
  21. 26
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Greenwood County, South Carolina.
  22. 27
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Camp County, Texas.

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"I never see a shivering, white-faced wretch in the prisoners’ dock that I do not hark back with shuddering horror to the strange events on the Pullman car Ontario, between Washington and Pittsburg, on the night of September ninth, last."

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