Although the club and its members were not held legally responsible for the disaster, the perceived injustice led to changes ...

The museum is dedicated to memorializing the Great Johnstown Flood, which occurred on May 31, 1889. The flood claimed the lives of 2,209 people and destroyed 1,600 homes, according to the Guardian.

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 335 Locust St., Johnstown, will host a special Community Common Prayer Service commemorating the 130th anniversary of the 1889 Johnstown Flood and the role that St ...

In this 20,000-person burg, where past and present are encouraged to rub elbows and revitalization reigns, commemorating the catastrophic 1889 flood with a community race seems entirely apropos.

The building was constructed in the 1890s. It opened as the Johnstown Flood Museum May 31, 1973, the anniversary date of the Great Flood of 1889 that killed 2,209 people.

At the turn of the 20th century, several years after the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889, a young attorney from Ebensburg set a ...

Pleasant native Jesse Lippincott pursued interests in various industries, achieving great financial ... dam that broke May 31, 1889, the day of the Johnstown Flood. History shows club members ...

FARGO — Flood ... On May 31, 1889, an 11-inch rain following an already wet spring led to the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam located 14 miles up a narrow canyon from Johnstown ...