Sioux Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Sioux Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Duquesne Heights |
| Origin of name | Sioux people |
| Sioux Alley (until 1914) | |
| Origin of name | Sioux people |
This alley was laid out as Sioux Alley in 1882 in a plan of lots by the heirs of Dr. Albert G. Walter.[1] It is named for the Sioux people from the Great Plains of the United States and Canada.[2][3][4] Two of the other new streets in the plan were also given the names of Native American peoples: Pawnee Street and Ponka Alley (today Ponka Way).[1][2][5]
The name Sioux is a shortening of the French Nadouessioux, which is derived from the early Ottawa language and apparently means 'northern Iroquoian,' from a verb meaning 'to speak a foreign language.'[6]
Sioux Alley became Sioux Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[7]
See also
- Sioux Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Plan of lots laid by estate of Dr. A. G. Walter: Situated in 35th Ward, Pittsburgh." Laid out June 15, 1882; recorded Jan. 19, 1883, Plan Book 6, p. 299. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779544. [view source] ag-walter-est-plan
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 W. G. Kaufmann. "Names of streets: Pittsburg ransacked creation when doing its christening: Honors for local celebrities: The hard fighters and the noble Indians all taken care of: How other titles originated." Pittsburg Dispatch, Mar. 15, 1891, p. 15. Newspapers.com 76218287. [view source] kaufmann
- ↑ 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, 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
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 4, plate 24. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1901. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1901-volume-4-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1903–1906 layer at PGH Historic Maps and Imagery (https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=25ed595c7bde40cdae7165261a9a3ad6). [view source] hopkins-1901-4
- ↑ William Bright. Native American Placenames of the United States, p. 447. 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
