Abstract
On November 25, 1758, while observing the smoldering ruins of Fort Duquesne, George Washington and General John Forbes looked out over the Forks of the Ohio. As the two men surveyed the strategic location at the confluence of three rivers, Washington turned to Forbes: "What are we going to call this place?" Forbes thought for a minute and then replied in his Scottish brogue, "Pittsburgh!:' pronounced like Edinburgh, in honor of British Secretary of State William Pitt.
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