Conewago Way
| Conewago Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Morningside |
| Origin of name | Perhaps Conewago Falls |
| Catharine Alley (until 1881) | |
| Conewago Alley (1881–1914) | |
| Origin of name | Perhaps Conewago Falls |
This alley was laid out as Catharine Alley in 1871 for the heirs of Samuel Garrison.[1]
In 1881, a city ordinance officially established the names of all streets and alleys in the city, renaming many of them to fix duplicates. At that time the city had four other thoroughfares named Catharine, Catherine, or Katharine, so this alley was renamed Conewago Alley.[2]
The alley was probably named directly or indirectly for Conewago Falls in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a former rapids on the Susquehanna River at Three Mile Island. The name Conewago comes from the Seneca word ga:nǫwǫgǫ:h, meaning 'in the rapids.'[3] "Conewago" appeared in a 1904 newspaper column by A. G. McKean in a list of Pittsburgh and Allegheny street names of Native American origin.[4]
Conewago Alley became Conewago Way in 1914, when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[5]
See also
- Catharine Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had similar names
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
- ↑ William Bright. Native American Placenames of the United States, p. 118. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. [view source] bright
- ↑ A. G. McKean. "Our Pittsburg letter." Courier (Connellsville, Penna.), Apr. 28, 1904, p. 6. Newspapers.com 37848766. [view source] mckean
- ↑ "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
