Cochran Band

Cochran Junior High School Band - 1920's

St. Francis

St. Francis in Morrellville - built on the site of the old Morrell School.

Trolley Time

Franklin Street

1889 Flood Survivors Project - Mrs. Daisy Boyer Harshberger

Mrs. Daisy Boyer Harshberger, who lived at the Club House at the South Fork Dam at the time of the Flood.

#Jayceesfloodsurvivors

Courtesy of Debra Orner.

1889 Flood Survivors - Mrs. Robert Bridges

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Mrs. Robert E. Bridges Age 83
1603 S Jamestown
Tulsa Okla
74112

JAYCEES

I lived on Front St. Cambria City between McConaughy St. and Broad St.

My wife lived on Market St. between Washington St. and Locust St. Her maiden name was Margaret J. Stinger.

Robert E. Bridges
1603 S Jamestown
Tulsa Okla
74112

PS - - I went down several miles below the city before I got out on the roof of the house.

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#Jayceesfloodsurvivor

Don't Go Near the Water

The day after the flood Thomas Cyner, nine of Prosser Hollow fell off Ten-Acre Bridge into the river. It required a "chain gang" of eight men to rescue Tommy, shown here as he was brought out with his aunt ready to wrap a coat around him.

Scalp Fire Company - 1907

Interesting clipping from The Weekly Tribune - August 1907 - on starting up the Scalp Level Volunteer Fire Department.

John Estep, John Veil, Mr. Brumbaugh, Theodore Bantley, Ephraim Wissinger, John Thomas and William Blough.

Trolley Time

New 1889 Flood Project - Survivors Stories

NEW VINTAGE JOHNSTOWN PROJECT: 1889 FLOOD SURVIVORS

A couple of weeks ago - longtime member Debra Orner was sorting through some things in her office after a move to another building in town.

She noticed for the first time a dog-eared, beat up old envelope. Not expecting anything of great interest to be inside, She pulled out some old Trib clippings. And almost cried.

Inside--piles of forms and letters - - most of them handwritten - - from 1889 Flood survivors, telling their stories.

In 1963, the Johnstown Jaycees had launched an effort to find as many survivors as they could in anticipation of the 75th anniversary commemoration in 1964. Of course, the very great majority of the respondents were children at the time - - but a lot of them were able to share details, including their street address in 1889.

I will be posting all the letters and forms she found to this blog. I will also include #JayceesFloodSurvivors with each post so they will be easily found by search. This will take you to our Vintage Johnstown Memories page on Facebook - which is a closed group. It's an offshoot of this blog - but it does have a slightly different look and people there are always posting their own pictures of old Johnstown.

It is our hope that, in addition to honoring and keeping the memory of these survivors alive, someone out there might find a family connection – or maybe just see who used to live in your house in 1889. : o)

It's going to be a great journey - going back and hearing from the people that were there and lived to tell about it!

Circus in Town

VJ Repeat - Roxbury Park - Circus Day. Click on the picture to enlarge.

Fur Sale

August Fur Sale sign blowing in the wind on Main Street. 

Goenner - Cambria City

VJ Repeat - This is a look at the back of the Goenner Beer Company in Cambria City along Third Avenue in Cambria City. I was talking about the old brewery with a friend of mine - so I thought I'd post this shot again.