In April 1991, just two years after the Johnstown flood centennial and 12 years into Richard Burkert's time in Johnstown, the local heritage association released a strategic plan with goals to ...
The Johnstown flood of July 20, 1977, killed 85 people, 39 of them in Tanneryville, where the Laurel Run Dam broke. The storm began about 9 p.m. July 19, 1977, and ”just got stuck over the ...
16. -- Chalmers L. Dick, formerly Chief Burgess of Johnstown, Penn., died suddenly this morning, aged thirty-four years. It was the great flood of Johnstown that brought Dick into national prominence.
The Grandview Cemetery grave of Patrolman Samuel B. Eldridge, who died in the line of duty during the city's historic flood on May 31, 1889, has finally been marked with a headstone. Eldridge, 35, ...
It was the club’s earthen dam that broke May 31, 1889, the day of the Johnstown Flood. History shows club members did not replace draining pipes that had been removed, and screens they installed ...
The verse from the Song of Solomon is a perpetual reminder of the Locust Street church’s role in the 1889 Johnstown Flood and its aftermath. “I think that we here at St. Mark’s take that ...
The event is something to wine about.Johnstown Area Heritage Association and Greater Johnstown Community YMCA will present its "Corks & Cocktails: 13th Annual Charity Wine Auction" at 6 p.m. Friday ...
From this sheltered spot, a half mile as the crow flies from Johnstown Flood National Memorial, you could hear the rushing water of the South Fork of the Little Conemaugh River but not see it. Kitner, ...
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 335 Locust St., Johnstown, will host a special Community Common Prayer Service commemorating the 130th anniversary of the 1889 Johnstown Flood and the role that St ...
The Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival seeks to present a diverse look at early cinema and the efforts of preservationists, all ...
Johnstown's founder originally intended the downtown site of today's Central Park to be home to a county courthouse that he expected would be an important and constant component of the community.
The grave of Johnstown Patrolman Samuel B. Eldridge, who died in the line of duty during the city’s historic flood on May 31, ...
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