The Life of GENERAL WILLIAM J ROBINSON JR

In 1848 General William Robinson, Jr. (later Mayor of Allegheny) plotted out the Mexican War Streets immediately following his return from the Mexican-American War, which annexed Texas and California. With patriotic fervor, he named the streets after the war’s battles (Buena Vista. Monterey. Resaca, Palo Alto) and military leaders (Taylor, Sherman, Jackson). The land originally had been provided to General Robinson’s father in lieu of payment for services during the Revolutionary War.