The in-depth story of the deadly 1889 Johnstown Flood caused by the Johnstown Dam Collapse. On Memorial Day of 1889, western ...

As we approach its 135th anniversary, we continue to look back on the events leading up to the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. The remains of the former canal basin in South Fork eventually came ...

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 ...

It sent me back to the great classic on American disaster, “The Johnstown Flood” by David McCullough ... thriving steel-mill and factory town in 1889, one of a string of such towns in a ...

This house is an important piece of Johnstown history.” The Ludwig House bears the name of 19th-century wine and spirits ...

Warm weather and heavy rains led to the Great Northeastern Flood of 1936 and it took years for the region to recover.

In this 20,000-person burg, where past and present are encouraged to rub elbows and revitalization reigns, commemorating the catastrophic 1889 flood with a community race seems entirely apropos.

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 ...

After reading David McCullough’s book about the Johnstown flood of 1889, Farabaugh decided to continue the story by writing about the subsequent disasters in 1936 and 1977. But because of ...

Late in May, 1889, rain was falling an inch per hour in the hills of ... “With the valley crowding up the way it was,” wrote David McCullough in his book, The Johnstown Flood, “the need for lumber and ...

was a fixture in the Morley family yard until 1889, when it was swept away in a flood that killed 2,209 people. It was recovered, and has been on display in downtown Johnstown for a long time ...