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Climbers top Mt. Everest, Johnstown flood: The News Journal archives, week of May 28
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"Pages of history" features excerpts from The News Journal archives including The Morning News and...
Johnstown Area Heritage Association CEO Burkert retiring after 44 years; successor named
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 17—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — After 44 years, Richard Burkert, president and chief executive officer of the Johnstown Area Heritage Association, is retiring. Burkert, whose retirement is effective ...
'America's best narrative historian': David McCullough, author of 'The Johnstown Flood,' remembered...
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 9—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Back in the 1960s, David McCullough, then a writer working on his first book, came to the Johnstown area to research the historic May 31, 1889 flood. He dug through newspaper ...
Here's how four Pitt-Johnstown students are making a difference this summer
The Daily American via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFour University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown students have a unique opportunity this summer, to award...
Here are some ways to enjoy the colors of fall in and around Somerset County
The Daily American via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSOMERSET ― Trees in the Laurel Highlands region are starting to turn to shades of red, orange and...
Chip Minemyer: Burkert's gift: Strategic planning beyond 'walls of a museum'
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 24—In April 1991, just two years after the Johnstown flood centennial and 12 years into Richard Burkert's time in Johnstown, the local heritage association released a strategic plan with ...
93-year-old AAABA fan has missed just three Johnstown tourneys since 1945 debut
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 2—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Eddie Mesnak still recalls the first time he heard the phrase "AAABA." The year was 1945. And as a then-15-year-old Sheridan Street resident living just across the fence ...
Buc-ee's devotees flood Johnstown store on opening day
The Coloradoan via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJOHNSTOWN — Hundreds of people lined up well before dawn Monday for the 6 a.m. opening of Colorado's...
Top-notch entertainment Two-day AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival to feature 14 bands
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 23—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — This year's AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival will have top-notch acts rocking Johnstown. The festival, which will be held Friday and July 30 at Peoples Natural Gas ...
Wilhelm: Ohio faced a horrific flood 110 years ago
The News-Messenger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe terrible tornadoes which roared through the South recently have justifiably captured the headlines and the concerns of Americans, but weather stories...
