The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-11-18
A 81, OF the History of American stee,

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From the Iron and Stee! Number OF tho
Scientific Aa:c-.cam: ufon ii certain sum
mer's day in the year 1880, there might
nave been Witnessed the adva4cc of a
small detachment of British and colonial
troops, not much over Il thousand strong.
through The dense forests that i:::c,. tha
banks OF the M~onongaheia river a few
miles above the point where 1t merges
with the Allegheny. The objective point
OF the expedition was a small fort at the
confluence of these rivers, which formed
one OF the most important links In thar
ehaih OF military posts and trading STA
ions, winch the restless and far seeing
energy OF the French colonial govern
ihent mad strung out between the mouths
ol me 81, Lawrence and the Mississ!ppi.
ny way of the great lakes, the Ohio. and
lhe Mississippi valley. In the van OF this
NIUE army, bearing himself with q CON
iiuence born of much successful warfare
IN Other lands under less difficult cond,.
IONS. and needless OF the warnings o,
his young colonial aide de camn Ceor~.
Washington. who had comma ~ -
rear guard, was General Braddpck "A
Nahciig in n close formation, which va.
better suited to the open spaces of con
unental battle grounds than to tho nj,
out 4ihPehetrahle forests of the American
frontier. the devoted band marched rlsht
into an ambush of the French re,.,,,n = +,
and their indian allies, and was onick,y
cut to pieces. Braddpck was killed. ana
Colonel Washington. his military coet
pierced more than once by the bullets "
me french sharpshooters. barely sue
ceeded In carrying the shattered rom
natits of the force back over the A,le-
shetles INTO colonial territory. The no.
llucai and military considerations thai
prompted that disastrous expedition were
ssorthE OF a better fate: and. indeed. Sub
seqaeht history has proved that in en-
ueaVorlngSo capture Fort Du Quesne and
break the bounds which the French were
ehueaNorlng to set to the westward de-
se!opnient OF the British colonies. our
iorelathers had taken n Just view OF the
SITUATION. Today tie objective point OF
ne eApeuleion forms the site of P,ttsburs.
one OF the greatest centers of indus+rjai
actvity in the world; while hidden among
me back streets Of the city, and rescued
,r aestJnI tion and preserved through
the care AN nluniicencc of a local his
tor.cai society. may still be found For.
Guesne. or rather Its immediate sue
cess7r, Fort Pitt. "A. few miles up the
river. at the town cf Braddock and on
the identical spot where the battle o.
Cured. is to be found one OF the crent-
EST steel works in the world; while for
!,anN Il mic along those very banks O,
h~onongahela where Braddock laboriouslr
tut his way through the Woods is 10 h,
.ouhd the most wonderful aggregation OF
soklhs ovens. blast furnaces, and rolling
nliie IN the world. Although Just now we
IRE concerned merely with the history O..
he development of these .ndustrias VS..
nay he pardoned a reference to tha fact
nat IN ST. Louis. 500 miles 70 tho vast.
ward of the Braddock battiefeld. tn,
,reat reputEc which has sprung from
nat strip of colonies that fringed the At
aatle seaboafd In 1855. is just now pre-
airing TO celebrate the Tooth anniversary
It's ACQUISITION from France of the vast
erritofies from which that countrv -
ouShP to bar the early colonials out.