Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania
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Sharpsburg is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, 5 miles northeast of downtown Pittsburgh, along the Allegheny River. In 1900, nearly 7,000 people lived here; in 1920, the pop
The third incarnation of the Native American Statue located in the heart of the Sharpsburg Central Business District, commonly referenced as Chief Guyasuta.
H. J. Heinz Memorial Plaza
Detail of the H. J. Heinz Memorial Plaza
The Sharpsburg Water Tower as viewed from the Allegheny River.
Henry J. Heinz
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Henry John Heinz was an American entrepreneur who co-founded the H. J. Heinz Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was involved in the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. Many of his descend
Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania
…in Sharpsburg was the H. J. Heinz Company. The Heinz glass works in Sharpsburg once manufactured all of the glassware for Heinz products. In 1869, Heinz began creating and bottling his first horseradish in the kitchen of his Sharpsburg residence. This house is the place where it all began. Shortly…
Heinz c. 1914
F.L. Brown, S.P. Leet, Reverend J.G. Holdcroft, Marion Lawrence, Henry John Heinz, and Bishop Joseph Crane Hartzell in 1917
Henry J. Heinz in 1917