Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
May & June 1869 - CHILD DESERTION, 102 Year Old Hit by Train & Young Girl Coughs up Shawl Pin
Child Desertion in Johnstown
Mrs. Shehan - 102 years old - hit by train
Gale Heslop coughs up shawl pin.
Monday, June 8, 2026
December 8, 1858 - The Murder Trial Against William Arentrue Begins - Interesting Story
William Arentrue - William Beamish
John Glass and Patrick Hollywood
Joseph McGuire, William Cryder and Sarah Hormer
BROTHERS RETURN TO SOUTHERN CAMP
Two Coopersdale brothers - Sgt. James Maser and Pfc. William Maser - sons of Mr. & Mrs. george Maser of 202 Cooper Avenue - Johnstown.
Sunday, June 7, 2026
CIVIL WAR - Week of May 23, 1862 - Local Soldier Deaths & Troop Letters Home
Griffith Evans - 11th - Cambria Guards
Soldier death - son of Samuel Dillon - Cambria Guards
John Lister - Wounded in Action
Cambria Guards - Letter Home
SIr John's Run, VA., Balt & Ohio RR
May 7, 1862
FROM OUR VOLUNTEERS
Camp Near Falmouth, Va.
May 11, 1862
Cambria Guards Promotions
Lt. R.A. McCoy
Sgt. R.M. Jones
Sgt Daniel J. Jones
IN ARMED FORCES ON WEST COAST
Pvt. Chester Edward Fuller, 18 yrs old of Nanty Glo and Anthony Caloroso, 17 yrs old of Johnstown.. I have hundreds of these in my collection and will start posting these on a more regular basis. I can't tell if the year if '41 or '44. It looks like it could go either way.
Saturday, June 6, 2026
October 1894 - 17th Ward Accidental Shooting, Aged German & Dose of Rough on Rats, Rolling Mill Mine Accident & 17th Ward - Erring Couple Found
William H. Horner - shot himself while out hunting.
Jacob Duwell - dose of Rough on Rats
Coal Miners - Adam Volenberg and Michael Molzin - Rolling Mill Mine
Charles Lane, Miss Annie Hoover, Elizabeth Lane and Mrs. Alice Lane - 17th Ward Couple
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