ST. MICHAEL, Pa. – Barbara Zaborowski simultaneously displayed a black-and-white 19th-century photo of a Pennsylvania Railroad roundhouse in Johnstown, maps of the area before and after the 1889 Flood ...
Johnstown is famous for its floods, but not many people know that it’s partly responsible for originating a hefty tax on all liquor in the state. “The Johnstown Flood Tax, as it's still known, ...
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WTAJ) — A historic locomotive, twisted rail lines, and lost boroughs all came back into focus Tuesday as the Cambria Memory Project offered new insight into the infamous 1889 Johnstown ...
Johnstown was thawing out from a wicked winter when heavy rain began falling March 15, 1936. It would continue for three days. Narrow rivers that commonly overflowed their banks continued to grow, ...