Historic Site in Journalism

John Scull in 1786 was the first reporter to have type and press transported through the rough wilderness to establish a newspaper west of the major Allegheny Range.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is the direct descendent of the Gazette which Scull founded.

Marked this Eleventh day of September, 1975

Marker can be reached from Boulevard of the Allies.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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