A few miles away, Johnstown Flood National Memorial preserves the tale of that defining ... He’d read David McCullough’s book about the tragedy and run pieces of the flood path as part of his military ...

After reading David McCullough’s book about the Johnstown flood of 1889, Farabaugh decided to continue the story by writing about the subsequent disasters in 1936 and 1977. But because of ...

Johnstown is famous for its floods, but not many people know that it’s partly responsible for originating a hefty tax on all ...

The book investigates various threads of the ... whose members have roots in the region predating the great Johnstown Flood, yet having never shared the story. McDevitt first learned of the ...

FARGO — Flood disasters are almost invariably a combination ... of the South Fork Dam located 14 miles up a narrow canyon from Johnstown, Pa. The water over topped the dam, which rapidly eroded ...

Joe Napsha Saturday, June 5, 2021 8:00 a.m. | Saturday, June 5, 2021 8:00 a.m. What do “three men from Greensburg” have to do with a small-time Johnstown gambler whose body was found floating ...

It was the club’s earthen dam that broke May 31, 1889, the day of the Johnstown Flood. History shows club members did not replace draining pipes that had been removed, and screens they installed ...