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On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam failed—and unleashed hell. A 40-foot wave crashed through Johnstown, Pennsylvania, killing over 2,200 people in one of the deadliest disasters in U.S. history.

The National Park Service oversees 11 sites, six trails in Pennsylvania. Visitors to these sites spend $426 million a year in ...

Through an array of personal items, the stories of Johnstown’s three floods are being told. The “Relic Tales of the Johnstown Floods” exhibition is on display through the fall on the second floor of ...

On Memorial Day 1889, a neglected dam above Johnstown, Pennsylvania gave way after days of heavy rain, unleashing 14 million tons of water onto the town below. The flood swept away entire ...

Doug Bosley, of the National Park Service and chief of interpretation for the Johnstown Flood National Memorial, will present "Cottages on the Lake" at 7 p.m. Wednesday (May 7) at ...

DOVER – The Tuscarawas County Local Emergency Planning Committee will be conducting a hazardous materials response exercise in conjunction with Kraton Chemical on May 17. The exercise will take place ...

Dick Durbin greets people inside the Lyndon B. Johnson Room at the Capitol on Feb. 12, during a meeting with the ...

THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD 1926 re-creates one of the greatest disasters of the late 19th Century in the USA. In May of 1889 over 2,000 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania died as a result of the dam ...

The Path of the Flood Trail, a unique journey through history and nature, has been honored as Pennsylvania’s 2025 Trail of the Year. This recognition highlights the unique experience it offers ...