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The Johnstown Flood National Memorial is a unit of the United States National Park Service. [2] [3] Established in 1964 [4] through legislation signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, [5] [6] it pays tribute to the thousands of victims of the Johnstown Flood, who were injured or killed on May 31, 1889 when the South Fork Dam ruptured.
The Johnstown Flood National Memorial was established in 1964. The National Historic Landmark District of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club was established in 1986. Both are administered by the National Park Service .
The Johnstown Flood Museum chronicles the events of the flood through exhibits and media. The museum shows the documentary, The Johnstown Flood in the Robert S. Waters Theater. Exhibits include the relief map that uses lights and sounds to display the path of the flood. Surrounding the map are artifacts from the flood.
The Carnegie Library, now the Johnstown Flood Museum The Stone Bridge stands today as it did in the 1800s Morley's Dog, a sculpture that survived the 1889 flood. Cambria County War Memorial Arena; Cambria Iron Company is a National Historic Landmark located near the downtown area. Johnstown's city seal has an image of this facility.
A completed trail at Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Flight 93 National Memorial and the Johnstown Flood National Memorial will connect these first three national parks to the 9 ...
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 31 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Two sites are further designated as National Historic Landmarks and another is designated as a National ...
Nov. 17—SOUTH FORK — When Doug Bosley started working at Johnstown Flood National Memorial, he heard stories about how one day a trail would be built to follow the path of the 1889 Johnstown ...
Nov. 16—SOUTH FORK, Pa. — When Doug Bosley started working for the National Park Service at the Johnstown Flood National Memorial, he heard stories about how one day a trail would follow the ...