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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· 11 months ago"Pages of history" features excerpts from The News Journal archives including The Morning News and...
The day a tsunami-like flood struck a landlocked mountain town
AccuWeather via Yahoo News· 2 years agoResidents of the Pennsylvania steel town that fateful May morning in the spring of 1889 heard a low...
'America's best narrative historian': David McCullough, author of 'The Johnstown Flood,' remembered...
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 8—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 ...
Flood City Youth Fitness Academy seeks help from city if it wins bid for former Atrium property
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoMar. 14—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — As Flood City Youth Fitness Academy prepares to bid on a large downtown Johnstown property set to be auctioned through federal bankruptcy court, its leaders sought Johnstown ...
Johnstown Area Heritage Association CEO Burkert retiring after 44 years; successor named
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 8 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 ...
Buc-ee's devotees flood Johnstown store on opening day
The Coloradoan via Yahoo News· 1 month agoJOHNSTOWN — Hundreds of people lined up well before dawn Monday for the 6 a.m. opening of Colorado's...
'Little bit of the history': 133rd anniversary of 1889 Johnstown flood commemorated
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 1—SOUTH FORK, Pa. — The spirit of John Bosley, channeled through his great-great-grandson Doug Bosley, was present at the Johnstown Flood National Memorial on Tuesday. John Bosley survived ...
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...
Chip Minemyer: Burkert's gift: Strategic planning beyond 'walls of a museum'
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 7 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 ...
PHOTO GALLERIES Tragedy and recovery: 1977 flood 45th anniversary brings survivor stories, thoughts...
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 16—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — On the night of July 19, 1977, Susan Burns and her mother were were stopped on Cooper Avenue by emergency crews as they headed home to Tanneryville after "Bingo Night ...