The members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club were able to indulge their senses with the natural beauty of Pennsylvania’s heartland until the storms came in the evening of May 30th, 1889.

FARGO — Flood disasters are almost invariably a combination of natural "Acts of God" and engineering failures. On May 31, 1889, an 11-inch rain following an already wet spring led to the ...

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 335 Locust St., Johnstown, will host a special Community Common Prayer Service commemorating the 130th anniversary of the 1889 Johnstown Flood and the role that St ...