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    The Monongahela River (/məˌnɒŋɡəˈhiːlə/ mə-NONG-gə-HEE-lə, /-ˈheɪ-/ -⁠HAY-), sometimes referred to locally as the Mon (/mɒn/), is a 130-mile-long (210 km)...
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    Ringgold School District. Monongahela was founded in 1769 on a tract of land near the confluence of Pigeon Creek and the Monongahela River. It is the oldest settlement...
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    The Battle of the Monongahela (also known as the Battle of Braddock's Field and the Battle of the Wilderness) took place on July 9, 1755, at the beginning...
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    Crossings of the Ohio River in Pennsylvania Crossings of the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania Crossings of the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania Wikimedia...
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  • Cemetery, a historic cemetery in Monongahela City, Pennsylvania Monongahela City Bridge, spans the Monongahela River Monongahela National Forest, a national...
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    Youghiogheny River (/jɒkəˈɡeɪni/ yok-ə-GAY-nee), or the Yough (/ˈjɒk/ YOK) for short, is a 134-mile-long (216 km) tributary of the Monongahela River in West...
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    The Monongahela National Forest is a national forest located in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. It protects over 921,000 acres...
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    The Cheat River is a 78.3-mile-long (126.0 km) tributary of the Monongahela River in eastern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania in the United...
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    Mary Butler in 1939 for the Monongahela River, whose valley contains the majority of this culture's sites. The Monongahela practiced maize agriculture...
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    River – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Monongahela River – Pittsburgh Beaver River – Rochester, Pennsylvania Little Muskingum River – Ohio Muskingum River –...
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  • bank of the Monongahela River, at the foot of the Smithfield Street Bridge. The P&LE followed the left downstream bank of the Monongahela River past the...
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    of the Monongahela River on the South Side of Pittsburgh and along the Ohio River at Aliquippa. The Hot Metal Bridge across the Monongahela River was built...
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    Casselman River Laurel Hill Creek Coxes Creek Buffalo Creek Flaugherty Creek Hen Run Tub Run Hall Run Braddocks Run Reason Run Lewis Run (Monongahela River tributary)...
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    The Tygart Valley River — also known as the Tygart River — is a principal tributary of the Monongahela River, approximately 135 miles (217 km) long, in...
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    Clairton, Pennsylvania (category Pennsylvania populated places on the Monongahela River)
    Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the Monongahela River and is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was...
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    confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River whose joining forms the Ohio River. The triangle is bounded by the two rivers. The area features offices...
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  • crossings of the Ohio River from the mouth at the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois to the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers at Pittsburgh...
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    Glassport, Pennsylvania (category Pennsylvania populated places on the Monongahela River)
    confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers where they form the Ohio River. Glassport lies along the east side of the Monongahela River in the "Mon Valley"...
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  • Hot Metal Bridge, which was used to carry molten iron across the Monongahela River from J&L's Eliza Furnaces to the Bessemer converters (later, open...
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    preemptive strike, an ambush of Braddock's army as he crossed the Monongahela River. The Native American allies were initially reluctant to attack such...
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    Pittsburgh (category Pennsylvania populated places on the Monongahela River)
    Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River, which combine to form the Ohio River. It developed as a vital link of the Atlantic...
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    with a dispute over control of the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River called the Forks of the Ohio, and the site of the French Fort...
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    established by the French in 1754, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. It was later taken over by the British, and later the Americans,...
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    Brownsville, Pennsylvania (category Pennsylvania populated places on the Monongahela River)
    located 40 miles (64 km) south of Pittsburgh along the east bank of the Monongahela River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough of Brownsville...
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    Pennsylvania to join the Monongahela River at the Forks of the Ohio at Point State Park in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny River is, by volume,...
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    New Eagle, Pennsylvania (category Pennsylvania populated places on the Monongahela River)
    including Monongahela to the east, Carroll Township to the south and west, and Union Township to the northwest. Across the Monongahela River in Allegheny...
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  • embarkation to cross the Monongahela River for travelers who had crossed the Alleghenies or were heading west via the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers by boat. Its strategic...
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  • eastern side of Pittsburgh while revitalizing economically distressed Monongahela River Valley towns in Fayette and Washington counties, serving as an alternative...
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  • Crooked Run Creek is a tributary of the Monongahela River southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It runs for 3.2 miles (5.1 km), from its origin in North...
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    occupied most of the flat lands adjacent to the South Side of the Monongahela River, leaving only the steep, surrounding hillsides of Mt. Washington,...
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