Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-06
\ GRAND AR LNAl..
Tao City of Fittsour IA II Treo
o. frSub :.
Is Eeson-ce' Drawn TIM, nnr,n- tao
Civil Var = Ixpcr mcnts and sac-
cosSes Ia tn, Huid'a:o.
Great a1non.


Important poiat fra.a wai.h war sup
pltes of all lstals hav, ben oStain,l.
l every VAR ezra Z ally t. Uait |
state oar eits:eni hava bs,a aetivN.
Not - me alton tn splenil corp OF
raarcr or 'a'lizcl il we terl rcan = l.
vania under Col. Cresap hep ! ash
i 81, u il The ie~c OF To ten. the can
non an bSll with which Cornnoa ire
Perry fou~ht the battle of Lac rric.
near Prt-ir.l ay. were r,aGe il Fits
bar "a. Is wore also the chain. anchors
aid other f,t tings fer his feet. ut the
f)un,lry OF Ioiepl 'Ic lar :. which was
th>n the great Re ioarcc all depend
&C, OF the United :tates rovernmcnt.
The remar' abs fact. says tie Chron-
icle-Tel e~raph. that Gen. Jackson WA
o " era, led TO fight the battl, of New
orlcani through the supply o. war N =
terial OF all kinds rll luiacsur.l hsr,.
= one of the proud point in oar local
history. Maj L 5 er. L litei State,
quarterna tar. il Ia: tha whole pop
ulation of tt, TIE bbrhl;l to engage
il the pltrioti. wor's aal on 81. |,
December 81 ninr the con steam
boat ever built on western waters, tn,
Enterprise. put OF from our shores GA
it, vital errlal.
The le;i an war proved n Great OF
portunity o show what Pitt bur Il
coul d. in thc wav OF fueliiaia;
DIV Ter an cannon balls. Mt t. n ~
tiol battery All clyllry flr naitl
If all kin Is. \ y,uns liaut,r-
mt was TIA ,tatioa, | h ne o. .halt
}, the Unit, Stat, army. anl h. il
snogn to evsry boy He wa Ia, tal-
liant ". l. 81 rnl1, TIE hcro OF tt,
mara to the sea.
A few year after t',at time n stu Ii.
Gus or lnance lcutsaalt was gu lrtorl
at our ari,nal. an &c HI lsolaA notion
of impr vi:lt the ar,illsr,. Ills name
also bactn + linoli tao ~ 1rl Ger al
the eypcriin ats carried o., by tie per-
mission of i essrs. Knapp 6 Wade il
their fountrlz located short II lance
above the lDrt V a5nc ralroa bridrs
>ger tn, ALE she y river Ia conse.
luences lttlc drcaine of ut the me.
The nam Il the lieutenant was T J.
b inli. Al ,7ery sailor an soldier
Of tn | tie VIZ has felt tlll;ful
his rri1 | a. ~ n ats II b mans
lea Wa t. :i3t glli hollow. 81 that
they NJ 1t ,oDl r. L the c ntcr AMI
it Is 81. ii 81, ~ lsl,.3 OF the rays
lari)lt vtyi il vli,l Providence
nbvei, VA 4 i itl 4 tlnt no lie
per 81 tlil T,fsrDn DAVIS then Sec
',6iry Of y u y,ry Eventually llc'pc
II yo1ns N llal.. ofi;hr ii r~r 1c5-
lEail tt5til lii ily,lLipi by get
in; frp 4 81 crsiial lpJ,>1.iltiol d
fly tn II nj l)lllr3 t. tli, emil The
splnll il,l ily>ly,l c)n,les,
rev )lutipa ii lrtill.sy. MT oiiy ~ to
II ting bat ii > a to tle Yary sl.p,
+ 'lpNoh Dan 'ran n T. vtrl toos
up the su j set tor the ravy. and thus
w4re arsl IN, ats provide ahead of
inythin: else il tt. world. Ro man
pagel tl. WY fJf Arinstroag al
hrdpo.
The fine charcoal iron OF western
PennsylFaail. wit \ tensile str,ny.l
of 3j.01) pom Il. was drawn u))l b.
Ro linln. a IL after All ilel f1l3
htd etDp t. t : at IL. p:)7ils rrougds
locate ! at Turole cr.sl )cipg lire
many IN ,re ii l,s than ever c:;actel
before, tn obstruction of Il rlonat r
cannon OF incl Dor, wa. unIer-
taken. 1t was nln.l Ia: Union,
prophetic OF TIE grad il trim ,ntality
SHOWN after yar1. Its wciglt WIS no
less than $500 porls. an that such
n huge ma $ OF iron coul be cast
without law or h t.'l wa lol; thought
impossible by the best mt0aliuc r.StI
abroad or at ho n. tn, BAH .ire b.
thc l5-inch gums weighed zoo pounds,
and the 2)-ilci Gun ca t sub cquently
served a praj eth OF not less than /, 60
pDundB III weight.
The Fort Pitt foundrv, organized
when tn, WIZ cams for tn specific
purpo &c of making cannon and the
concomitants by Iessri. Knapp,
Wa lie t5 Co with Ir VIII am Il &c III,
rs ma IN GER. proved If stnDsl lou; i'm.
portancc. IL wa grand sisnt to sec
NJ ic 5 than twenty-five of tn, giant
dog of war IN Ter the lati.s at olc
time. Fully a thol anI mcn YER. era
ploye an tls ca ting TIN, was al
ways one of sp ,ctlculac ilterc t; fv,
cupoin furnaces :, ran rel to pour their
liIn. N stsl Al ler the intan &c. and at
times vigorously emphatic, superin-
ten !ence of Joe Kaye.
No less TIA tiree tlou3anl cannon
wer, ca t IA finished at these wor..s
durin t.. var all hundreds OF fort
AM batterie all Over tn pranl theatcr
of conflict belc ie forth tleir shot an
81 I'll u t.. III n,ly Ok tn il - ty,
grit I',! cltcrDri3, OF Plse D l., rs al,
tiii.er,s. The resources of the wor .
were gran-lly illu tratcl ut tie siege
of .icls,,burg. After month"; OF " AIRY
effort. G II. Grant and il Others
struci. the lisa of b)mblr lrlclt.
Orlers W r. sent in hot ha1te to Pitts
bur I'll for th.rty of the llu < t mon
steri ever ma lie. and ilsilc of thirty
wor ing lays they were Oh their way
south. lnatiny On specially construct
bar. res, built by Monroe & Co. The
rlort3r5 f,rcl Il thou sand round each,
and threw thousands of tons OF Pitts
bur,sh iron into the doomed town. with
n rc,ult that proved The turning point
OF tire war.
UH.ar.