Virtual Railfan is a streaming platform that offers live views of trains all over the world – and now, its 30 million monthly users will be able to watch trains coming through Johnstown.
Read MoreBy Nicholas Gehlmann. Nick is a volunteer who has been researching military history for JAHA. We’re sharing his research on JAHA’s World War I artifacts for Veterans Day, as part of our JAHA at Home series.
2024 marks the 110th anniversary …
Read MoreBy David G. Glosser, who along with his family has donated a historic cash register from Glosser Bros. to JAHA (as seen in above photo by Makenzie Croyle: retired JAHA President Richard Burkert, Stephanie and David G. Glosser, JAHA Curator …
Read Moreby Nicholas Lasinsky, guest contributor. Nicholas Lasinsky is a historian born and raised in Cambria County with a passion for local stories. Currently enrolled at Simmons University in Boston, he hopes to become an archivist and published author. He is …
Read MoreThe anniversary of the Johnstown flood is coming up, and JAHA and the National Park Service are planning commemorative events, including an Interpreted Tour of the Johnstown Flood. One of the characters depicted in that tour …
Read MoreWere you a steelworker? Do you or someone you love have a story about working in the steel mills of Johnstown? JAHA wants to hear it!
The momentous new exhibition “Forging a Nation: Johnstown Iron & Steel” is now open at …
Read MoreOn September 7, 2023, a capacity crowd gathered at the Heritage Discovery Center to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Rosedale incident, in which Johnstown’s mayor ordered all Black people who hadn’t lived in Johnstown for at least seven years …
Read MoreThis column by Chip Minemyer appeared in the September 24, 2023 edition of The Tribune-Democrat and is reproduced here with permission.
In April 1991, just two years after the Johnstown flood centennial and 12 years into Richard Burkert’s time in Johnstown, …
Read MoreIn an address to Wesleyan University’s graduating class of 1984, beloved historian, writer, and Pittsburgh native David McCullough reminded the graduates that “history is a guide to navigating perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the …
Read MoreUPDATE: As of Nov. 4, 2022, we are halfway to our goal of $30,000! Please consider a generous donation today.
The Stone Bridge lights are now fully repaired and shining brightly for three hours every evening, and the Stone Bridge Project …
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