Catawba Way
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| Catawba Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Morningside |
| Origin of name | Catawba people |
| Clay Alley (until 1881) | |
| Catawba Alley (1881–1914) | |
| Origin of name | Catawba people |
This alley was laid out as Clay Alley in 1871 in a plan of lots for the heirs of Samuel Garrison.[1]
In 1881, a city ordinance renamed many streets and alleys to fix duplicate names. There was another Clay Alley in the Lower Hill District (later Clay Way), so this alley in Morningside was renamed Catawba Alley.[2] It was named for the Catawba people,[3][4][5] native to the Carolinas. The word Catawba comes from the Catawba word katapu, meaning "fork of a stream."[6]
Catawba Alley became Catawba Way in 1914, when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[7]
See also
- Clay Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of building lots situated in the 18th Ward City of Pittsburgh laid out for the heirs of Samuel Garrison dec'd." Laid out Nov. 1871; recorded Dec. 15, 1871, Plan Book 4, pp. 168–171. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778932. [view source] garrison-heirs-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1880–1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1880, pp. 213–234, Herald Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b24d64b7-2eda-488e-a00b-cddc143becfd/). [view source] ordinance-1880-1881-33
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Streets named for fierce Indians: Effects of the enforced migration of Redskins on early city's growth: Post and Gen. Forbes." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Apr. 11, 1915, sec. 6, [p. 6]. Newspapers.com 85420748. [view source] fleming-fierce-indians
- ↑ George Thornton Fleming. History of Pittsburgh and Environs: From Prehistoric Days to the Beginning of the American Revolution, vol. 1, p. 148. American Historical Society, New York and Chicago, 1922. Google Books 7ctaAAAAYAAJ, ffQMAAAAYAAJ, S88wAQAAMAAJ, tzUafgt-eskC; HathiTrust 011262563; Historic Pittsburgh 01aee9405m; Internet Archive historypittsbur01compgoog, historypittsbur01socigoog, historypittsbur01yorkgoog. [view source] fleming-history
- ↑ Annie Clark Miller. Early Land Marks and Names of Old Pittsburgh: An Address Delivered Before the Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at Carnegie Institute, Nov. 30, 1923, p. 8. Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. Historic Pittsburgh 00awn8211m; Internet Archive earlylandmarksna00mill. [view source] miller
- ↑ William Bright. Native American Placenames of the United States, p. 83. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. [view source] bright
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name 'alley' on every thoroughfare in the City of Pittsburgh to 'way.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1914, no. 402. Passed Nov. 10, 1914; approved Nov. 16, 1914. Ordinance Book 26, p. 360. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1914, appendix, p. 226, McClung Printing Co., Pittsburgh (HathiTrust uiug.30112108223899; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1914; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a82f1363-0512-40c8-b4e5-f02b090b761d/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_bf8a4f10-7526-4a96-8943-6a220d361293/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 23, 1914, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86505785), and Nov. 24, p. 12 (Newspapers.com 86505809). [view source] ordinance-1914-402
