Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane from Apollo) was honored on October 20, 2025 with 9 others from southwestern PA with a star in the new Pittsburgh Walk of Fame. The committee gave the Apollo Area Historical Society a replica of the star with the inscription reading:
“Born May 5, 1864 A pioneering investigative journalist who broke gender stereotypes, Nellie Bly was widely known for her recordbreaking trip around the world in 72 days-inspired by a Jules Verne novel-and for an expose covering a mental institution from within. Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran in Cochran’s Milles, Armstrong County, she moved at age 16 to what is now ittsburgh North Side and began her career at the Pittsburgh Dispatch, writing as Nellie Bly.”
“Inducted October 20, 2025 PITTSBURGH WALK OF FAME”
Apollo Area Historical Society 