HOW WE GOT HERE

How the heritage that spawned the term Yinzer laid the groundwork for where Pittsburgh is today

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Ron Baraff’s ancestor arrived in Pittsburgh in 1858, exactly in the era when the city’s distinct local dialect was developing. “They came here because of the [steel] industry,” he explained during a September tour of the Carrie Blast Furnace, one of...

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