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Friday, August 7, 2026
Thursday, August 6, 2026
July 30, 1868 - More on Tad Lincoln in Cresson and other Interesting Tidbits
A German named John Widman falls of bridge near company store.
Scotch miner John Hodgets - on train tracks near Johnstown
Tad Lincoln tries to jump a moving train.
July 9, 1868 - Odds & Ends
Mrs. Lincoln and son Tad staying at Cresson
Reigart - unknown first name drowned at Dornick Point.
Newborn infant found dead near Union Cemetery.
Whacked by baseball
The Letters - May 21, 1915 - To Mrs. Anna Hay (from Johnstown currently in Florida) from Mrs. Margaret Roberts in Philadelphia
Oak Lane, Phila. 5,21,'15
My dear Mrs. Hay,
I feel quite delinquent in being so slow in acknowledging the receipt of your card and of the delicious grape fruit which arrived safely and which has been a real treat. Accept hearty thanks for my choice (?) of it; we have all enjoyed it.
As you know Mrs. Austin was in Johnstown for a short visit *see previous letter I posted). She felt that she must go this month between the dates of important club meetings here and also at a time when your fine apple orchard, of which she had heard so much, was in bloom. It was a matter of regret that her visit antidated your return.
Shall you be able to take us in on your return trip? I trust you may, as I have very pleasant recollections of your visit here two years ago. I greatly enjoy an agreeable companion when we can sew together and enjoy the fresh air on the porch. I was very much pleased with Mrs. Fisher, her son, also; they are the kind of people that I wish to know better.
Mrs. Austin comes home each time more in love with her son-in-law—a very pleasant state of affairs which I feel sure will always continue. It is quite certain that love is the greatest thing in the world.
I suppose the awful war (WWI - started in 1914 - U.S. entered in 1917) is as disturbing to you and your relatives in the South as it is to us in Phila. May Heaven send a speedy end to such horrors.
With all good wishes and hoping to see you in the near future.
Sincerely Yours,
Margaret L Roberts
November 2, 1913 to December 14, 1913 - The Famous Billy Sunday's Revival Campaign in Johnstown
These two pictures show different angles of the same area. That odd building on the left hand side tucked next to where Point Stadium is now -along the river - was the temporary - Turtle-Back Tabernacle built on Johns Street.
The Turtle-Back is seen from behind the parked cars. Over on the left hand side - about half way up the hillside is Rolling Mill Mine.
The multi-week revival led to thousands of conversions, and helped create the YWCA in Johnstown.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Trolley Time - Strayer & Chandler
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
CIVIL WAR - Week of February 26, 1863 - Local Troop Happenings & Letters Home
54th Pa - Col. J.M. Campbell, Lt. Col. John P. Linton, Major Enoch D. Yutzy, Adj. William H. Rose
115th Lt. J.L. Brailler Co. C
Chris Shinafelt 133rd Co. F - Home on Furlough
FROM OUR VOLUNTEERS
NEAR STONEMAN'S SWITCH, VA
February 22, 1863
133rd Co. F
A. J. Rhey
Lt. R.M. Jones - 11th PA Co. A - Cambria Guards
Sgt. John N. Evans - 133rd Co. F
Robert E. Jones - 12th Inf.
David Jones - 145th PA
Capt. Janes C. Burke - 11th Co. A - Cambria Guards
Ellis R. Williams - 133rd - Co F
Joseph Owens - 11th Co. A - Cambria Guards
Lt. F.M. Flanagan - 133rd
DEAD - Sgt. William W. Evans - 11th Co. A. - Cambria Guards
DEAD - Benjamin Davis - 19th Co. C
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