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 ...

If you look around your neighborhood, it most likely seems like housing prices are only going up. That's true for the ...

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 ...

Jun. 1—Rob Koenigsberg stood on a sidewalk, lined with luminarias, near the Johnstown Flood National Memorial visitors center and pointed to three white bags with the names Regina Costlow ...

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 ...

Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority Cliff Kitner said it takes trail users through the history of the 1889 Johnstown flood. That includes seeing the site where the dam broke ...

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 ...

then missed the 1977-78 season because the Johnstown flood of 1977 damaged their ice-making equipment. They returned for two more seasons in 1978-79 and 1979-80 (as the Wings and Red Wings ...

George O'Brien (Tom O'Day)Florence Gilbert (Gloria Allen)Janet Gaynor (Anna Burger)Anders Randolf (John Hamilton, Lumber Camp Boss)Paul Nicholson (Ward Peyton)Paul Panzer (Joe Burger, Ann's Father ...

“With the valley crowding up the way it was,” wrote David McCullough in his book, The Johnstown Flood, “the need for lumber and land was growing apace. As a result more and more timber was being ...