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The Three Sisters are three similar self-anchored suspension bridges spanning the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 6th, 7th, and 9th streets, generally running north–south. The bridges have been given formal names to honor important Pittsburgh residents:
Named for the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball player Roberto Clemente, it is one of three parallel bridges called The Three Sisters. The Three Sisters are self-anchored suspension bridges and are significant because they are the only trio of nearly identical bridges—as well as the first self-anchored suspension spans—built in the United States ...
Iroquoian people called maize, beans and squash the Three Sisters. In a technique known as companion planting, maize and climbing beans were planted together in mounds, with squash planted between the mounds. [36] Dried crops were kept in circular or bell-shaped subterranean storage pits lined with bark and dried grasses. [7]
State flag of Pennsylvania Location of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pennsylvania, the fifth-most populous state in the United States, [1] is the birthplace or childhood home of many famous Americans. People from Pennsylvania are sometimes called "Pennsylvanians".
This category is for people from the United States state of Pennsylvania Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : Pennsylvania Also: Countries : United States : States : Pennsylvania : People
Madison and Buonaguirio met when they were in elementary school; they grew up about 15 minutes apart in Connecticut. Both of them were adopted from the Dominican Republic and someone from the ...
A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
In 1998, the Grimké sisters were inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. [49] [50] The Grimké sisters appear as main characters in Ain Gordon's 2013 play If She Stood, commissioned by the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [51] Sue Monk Kidd's 2014 novel The Invention of Wings is based on the life of Sarah ...