St. Mark’s congregation continued meeting in the “Ark,” a temporary small wooden structure furnished by the American Red Cross. The response to the 1889 Johnstown Flood marked the first time ...

Five days after the flood of 1889, 67-year-old Clara Barton arrived from Washington, D.C., along with workers from the American Red Cross. It would be the organization’s first major crack at disaster ...

According to Sharon Kesselring, the Executive Director of the American Red Cross of the Ohio River Valley, they have more than 40 volunteers assisting with recovery. However, they are still in ...