Shawnee Street

From Pittsburgh Streets
Shawnee Street
Neighborhood Upper Hill
Origin of name Shawnee people

Shawnee Street is named for the Shawnee people.[1][2][3] They originally inhabited the Ohio River valley but have since moved to many places, including Oklahoma. The French called them Ouchaouanag in 1648, from their own name for themselves, Ša:wanwa, meaning "person of the south."[4]

References

  1. George Thornton Fleming. History of Pittsburgh and Environs: From prehistoric days to the beginning of the American Revolution, vol. 1, pp. 148–149. 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
  2. George T. Fleming. "History recalled by street names: Stanwix brings to mind many important happenings in the early days of the Western Pennsylvania settlement." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Dec. 6, 1914, sec. 2, p. 8. Newspapers.com 85907599. [view source]fleming-history-recalled
  3. 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
  4. William Bright. Native American Placenames of the United States, p. 436. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. [view source]bright