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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2788_staple-bend-tunnel_Johnstown-PA.html
First railroad tunnel built in the U.S. and a part of the Portage Railroad. The masonry is intact and a unique engineering feat of the times. Can be visited a few miles east of here, via Mineral Point.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GGV_calamity-and-prosperity_Johnstown-PA.html
The booming period, from 1867 to 1889, was used to make steel rails and fortunes...Across this rampant industrial expansion, the Great Flood of 1889 rolled like a juggernaught. - Nathaniel Daniel Shappee. A History of Johnstown and the Great Flood…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GG6_johnstown-incline_Johnstown-PA.html
This is one of several, similar inclines built in western Pennsylvania during the late nineteenth century. It was designed by Samuel Diescher (1839-1915) after the great flood of 1889, to provide an efficient means of transportation between Westmo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GG3_the-johnstown-flood_Johnstown-PA.html
On May 31, 1889, a massive earthen dam located 14 miles east of Johnstown broke under record rains, releasing 20 million tons of water into the little Conemaugh Valley. The flood hit Johnstown at 4:07 p.m., entering the town through the notch betw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EYK_sgt-michael-strank_Johnstown-PA.html
A Marine, he was the oldest and highest ranking of the six men who took part in the famous raising of the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945. This scene, photographed by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press, was later used in the Marine Corps W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EVY_escape-of-freedom-seekers-patrick-and-abraham_Johnstown-PA.html
In February 1837, two slaves, brothers Patrick and Abraham, escaped from a farm in Bath, Va. As they made their way to freedom, bounty hunters pursued them and they were wounded. Both black and white abolitionists assisted them on their way throug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EVW_american-red-cross_Johnstown-PA.html
On June 5, 1889, Clara Barton and a group of American Red Cross volunteers arrived in Johnstown to help the survivors of a devastating flood resulting from the failure of the South Fork Dam. It was one of the first major disaster responses for the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10GR_world-war-ii-memorial_Johnstown-PA.html
In reverent and enduring memoryof all Americans who fought fora new world of freedom and peace
They counted not their livesdear unto themselves
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10GQ_tribune-building_Johnstown-PA.html
On May 31, 1889, George T. Swank, editor and publisher of the Johnstown Tribune, was preparing the weekly issue of the paper on the second floor of this building. The rising waters outside drew him to the office windows to report on the situation …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10GP_cambria-library_Johnstown-PA.html
On May 31, 1889, Washington Street became one of the main paths of destruction for the raging flood wave from the broken South Fork Dam. There were two buildings on this site: the office residence of Mrs. Hettie Ogle - the Western Union telegraph …