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The Destruction of A Town: The Great Johnstown Flood of 1889
Part 2 of The Tragic History of the Johnstown Flood “Thousands of happy homes, thousands of joyous and well lived lives blotted out of existence without a moments warning”. July 14, 1889, Johnstown Tribune Democrat. “They were swept into an endless eternity!” Two of the many descriptions I found describing the Johnstown flood of 1889.…
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Johnstown,PA: Picturesque Moments in Snow
I live in Johnstown, PA. It’s a beautiful, quaint small town full of old bridges, trains passing through daily and lots of beautiful churches. It was once a prosperous steel town during the industrial age. Johnstown is in the “rust belt” which is an area of industrial decline. Centered in the Great Lakes region, the rust belt…