The in-depth story of the deadly 1889 Johnstown Flood caused by the Johnstown Dam Collapse. On Memorial Day of 1889, western ...
When Jimmy Carter came to Johnstown in April 1976, as a presidential primary candidate, he held a press conference inside a ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
When Jimmy Carter came to Johnstown in April 1976, as a presidential primary candidate, he held a press conference inside a Tribune-Democrat office that then-editor George Fattman described as being ...
Later, in the summer of the following year, Carter was president of the United States, playing a role in helping Johnstown recover from the devastating 1977 Flood. That transformation – from ...