WOW! That I have never seen that pic. That is unbelievable. I am guessing this is looking north from the point/downtown area? I'm always amazed at how few people that LIVE in Johnstown have any sort of interest in our history.
i'm glad you liked it, Mike. Too few appreciate this kind of thing these days, as they are usually too busy Keeping Up With the Kardashians or some such.
Have you seen the long shot of the debris field against the Stone Bridge? It didn't make the editorial cut but is truly impressive and easily worth 1000 words.
That's one step from people to whom you show a picture on your phone and without comment, they take the device an start scrolling though your photo library while you frantically try to anticipate what image they could encounter that will make you sink in a pool of shame.
Excellent story on the flood. I'm currently a Johnstown resident and am working on a series of hiking and biking trails that run along the Inclined Plane hillside and past the Stone Bridge. Every time I look at that bridge or walk under it I get the chills thinking of exactly what took place right where I'm walking. Our little valley is steeped in some amazing history, it's great to see a story on Neatorama about it! The City had two other major floods. One in 1936 and another in '77 which also have interesting stories. Through all of them, we have proven that we can come together and rebuild as a community. If anyone finds themselves in Western Pa, I highly recommend stopping in both the Flood Museum downtown (which used to be a library donated by Carnegie) as well as the one in South Fork at the dam site (take a ride on the world's steepest vehicular inclined plane while you're there too!). Again, great article!
One of his first jobs was working the night shift at NYC hotel. Janatorial stuff. He was assigned a partner; an older man who was also a holocaust survivor. They’d do their thing every night and break for lunch. The meal was free, provided by the hotel, and was always whatever was left from the night’s dinner menu.
One week they had chicken three nights in a row. On the third night Fulghum loses it. “I’ve had it” says. Chicken three nights in a row. I’ve got a real problem with this. You’d think they could find something else to give us.”
His coworker listens silently until the rant is over and then says “Fulghum, your house is on fire; that’s a problem. You can’t feed your family; that’s a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Learn to tell the difference between a problem and an inconvenience.”
Have you seen the long shot of the debris field against the Stone Bridge? It didn't make the editorial cut but is truly impressive and easily worth 1000 words.
WTM
If only I had been born a sea turtle.
One of his first jobs was working the night shift at NYC hotel. Janatorial stuff. He was assigned a partner; an older man who was also a holocaust survivor. They’d do their thing every night and break for lunch. The meal was free, provided by the hotel, and was always whatever was left from the night’s dinner menu.
One week they had chicken three nights in a row. On the third night Fulghum loses it. “I’ve had it” says. Chicken three nights in a row. I’ve got a real problem with this. You’d think they could find something else to give us.”
His coworker listens silently until the rant is over and then says “Fulghum, your house is on fire; that’s a problem. You can’t feed your family; that’s a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Learn to tell the difference between a problem and an inconvenience.”