Girtys Run

For other uses, see Girty (disambiguation).
Girty's Run
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyAllegheny
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates40°33′59″N 80°02′09″W / 40.5664568°N 80.0358894°W / 40.5664568; -80.0358894
Mouth 
 • coordinates
40°28′42″N 79°58′07″W / 40.4784022°N 79.9686637°W / 40.4784022; -79.9686637
 • elevation
738 ft (225 m)
Basin size13.4 m2
Basin features
River systemAllegheny River
A European man dressed in stereotyped native american clothing. He is shown with a bearded face, wearing a bandana on his head, and carrying a musket. He appears to be beckoning native american warriors to attack alongside him.
Simon Girty, namesake of Girty's Run Creek, as depicted in 1928 in "the White Savage," by Thomas Boyd . Note that this depiction was based on oral tradition. Simon Girty: Wilderness Warrior contains a more accurate depiction based on firsthand accounts.

Girty's Run is a tributary of the Allegheny River located in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1]

The creek is named after the Girty family who settled in the area. Some sources claim it was named for John Girty.[2] Others claim it was named for Thomas Girty,[3] brother of the famous renegade Simon Girty. However, most scholarly investigations concluded that the stream was named for Simon Girty, son of Simon Girty the Elder.[4]

  1. ^ "Girtys Run". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  2. ^ "Mrs Sabra M Girty". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. 28 May 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 7 Jan 2020.
  3. ^ "Early History - The Girty Family". Girty's Run Watershed. Retrieved 7 Jan 2020.
  4. ^ Butts, Edward (2011). McKnight, Jeniffer (ed.). Simon Girty: Wilderness Warrior (PDF). Toronto: Dundurn. ISBN 978-1-4597-0075-8.