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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/HM1EYO_dedicated-to-the-77-men_Northern-Cambria-PA.html
Dedicated to the 77 men named here who died in an explosion November 6, 1922 in Reilly's colliery #1.Spangler, Penna.and to the many others who lost their lives before and since in area coal mines.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EYL_hastings-umwa-district-2-labor-chautauquas_Hastings-PA.html
From 1924 to 1926 the United Mine Workers of America held innovative workers' education programs in bituminous coal towns throughout western Pa. Hastings recorded the largest attendance in 1925. With the leadership of district President John Broph…
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/HM1E65_rev-demetrius-augustine-gallitzin_Loretto-PA.html
Born at The Hague, Netherlands, December 20th, 1770Died at Loretto, Pennsylvania, May 6th, 1840He was ordained March 18th, 1795, and spent most of his priestly life as pioneer missionary in the Allegheny Mountains. In his travels through these reg…