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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEG5_the-unger-house_South-Fork-PA.html
Col. Elias J. Unger, who served as manager of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, built this house in the mid-1880s. From here he had a commanding view of the club's lake and dam.
On May 31, 1889, Unger supervised a group of laborers in a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEG0_first-cambria-a-m-e-zion-church_Johnstown-PA.html
Formed 1873 in the loft of the Woodvale Tannery by workers there. Organized as Cambria Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, 1874, at Napoleon and Dibert Sts. About 1877 it moved here. Washed from its foundation in the 1889 flood but later restored.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFW_lake-conemaugh_South-Fork-PA.html
In 1889 the valley in front of you held one of the largest man-made lakes of its time, containing an estimated 480 million cubic feet of water. Lake Conemaugh extended from the dam just below this point more than 2 miles to your left, with an aver…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFV_the-dam-melts-away_South-Fork-PA.html
Just below you stands the remains of the South Fork Dam, a 931-foot-long dam made chiefly of earth. The dam remains intact on the ends where it joins the sides of the valley. But at its center, a 300-foot section is gone. Through this chasm the wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFL_the-south-fork-dam_South-Fork-PA.html
You are now standing on what remains of the South Fork Dam. Completed in 1853, the dam was made chiefly of earth. Layers of clay one-foot-thick or less were built up one by one. Each layer was covered with a skim of water, or "puddled," to help it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEF7_morleys-dog_Johnstown-PA.html
On May 31, 1889, this post-Civil War, cast iron statue was swept away by the flood wave and carried to a pile of wreckage downstream. After being found amidst the debris, it was returned to the front yard of the James Morley mansion which survived…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEF6_johnstown-civil-war-memorial_Johnstown-PA.html
In memory ofThe Soldierswho fought for thepreservation of the Union.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEF5_chapin-arch_Johnstown-PA.html
This arch was dedicated posthumously to Anna Morrell Chapin by her husband Philip Chapin, former General Manager of Cambria Iron Company.
It was the original entrance to Grandview Cemetery. The switchback road in the picture was replaced by Men…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEF1_central-park_Johnstown-PA.html
On May 31, 1889, Central Park was under 18 feet of water and tons of debris. Within a few days, however, the park was cleared off and transformed into a tent city for some of the 6,000 laborers and 580 members of the 14th Pennsylvania Regiment who…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEEY_1889-johnstown-flood-unidentified-dead_Johnstown-PA.html
In memory ofthe unidentified deadfrom the flood May 31, 1889