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unusual facts about Johnstown, PA



Basil Takach

Thirteen deaneries were created with the following seats: New York City, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Scranton, Hazleton, Johnstown, Punxsutawney, Pittsburgh, Homestead, Uniontown, Youngstown, Cleveland, and Chicago.

Bersham Colliery

By 1903, a municipal electric Tram ran from Johnstown to Wrexham through Rhostyllen, connecting the major mining villages with Wrexham General railway station and the town centre.

Carrie Jacobs-Bond

Her second marriage in 1888 was to her childhood sweetheart, Dr. Frank Lewis Bond of Johnstown, Wisconsin.

Central Oak Heights

Ownership of the land passed through several churches when in 1946, the Evangelical Church merged with the United Brethren in Christ at a meeting in Johnstown, PA to form the Evangelical United Brethren Church.

Ed Cartwright

Edward Charles "Jumbo" Cartwright (October 6, 1859 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania – September 3, 1933 in St. Petersburg, Florida) was a Major League Baseball First baseman from 1890 to 1897.

Fulton County, New York

In the mid-18th century, Sir William Johnson, founder of Fort Johnson in Montgomery County and of Johnstown, arrived in the area that would become Fulton County.

Herb Pfuhl

Pfuhl faced major challenges during his two decade long career as the elected chief of Johnstown, including population decline, the 1977 Johnstown flood and the collapse of the steel industry, which included one of the city's biggest employers, Bethlehem Steel.

James Hogan

James John Hogan (1911–2005), sixth Roman Catholic Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, 1966–1986

Jerry Davitch

Since 2004 he has served as the superintendent of schools in Richland Township, just northeast of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

John Devoy

A large memorial to him stands on the road between his native Kill and Johnstown.

Johnstown, Colorado

Johnstown is a Home Rule Municipality in Larimer and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado.

Johnstown, Dublin

Ulster Bank, newsagency, travel agency, cafe, florist and An Post sub-post office, auctioneers, hardware shop, boutique, EBS Building Society branch, Paddy Power bookmakers, Eurospar supermarket, pharmacist, Xtra-vision video rental store, The Graduate (Public house)

KAME-TV

On June 20, 2012, Cox Media Group announced that it put KRXI and the LMA for KAME, along with stations in Steubenville, Ohio, Johnstown, Pennsylvania and El Paso, Texas, on the market following its purchase of four television stations in Jacksonville, Florida and Tulsa, Oklahoma from Newport Television.

Knox Mansion

The house was built in 1889 by the gelatine magnate and business woman, Rose Knox, who owned Knox Gelatine and the Knox Gelatine Factory which also resides in Johnstown.

Lenape settlements

In 1808-09 early European-American settlers to the area of what is now Jeromesville in Ashland County, Ohio, on the Jerome Fork of the Mohican River found Delaware people living at the old Mohican village of Johnstown (about three-fourths of a mile southwest of the present site of Jeromesville) near which was located the home of Old Captain Pipe.

Lisnavagh House

Daniel Robertson had already proved himself with his designs at Powerscourt Estate and Johnstown Castle, amongst several other places, and Lisnavagh was probably one of the last serious designs that he undertook.

Marty Radovanic

Marty Radovanic is a longtime news anchor on WJAC-TV in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Matthias B. Hildreth

His family moved in 1797 from Southampton, Long Island to Johnstown, then in Montgomery County, New York, where his father James Hildreth (d. 1818) became judge of the Court of Common Pleas.

Nancy McIntosh

Her father was a member of the notorious South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, which had been blamed in connection with the 1889 Johnstown Flood that resulted in the loss of over 2,200 lives in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Highlands

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, a community college and vocational school with two branches located in Johnstown and Ebensburg, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

The community college is centered in the Johnstown suburb of Richland Township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

PPAC

Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, a multipurpose facility at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Proclaim!

The St. John Gualbert Television Ministry dates back to 1988 when Deacon John Sroka pitched the idea of a live hour long mass and launched it on Public-access television in Johnstown.

Other segments are hosted by Bishop Mark Bartchak of The Altoona-Johnstown Diocese, Adam Wood and Samantha Slezak.

Richland Mall

Richland Town Centre, formerly the Richland Mall, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Sci-Fi Valley Con

The first annual convention was originally supported be held in the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on May 18–20, 2012 but was forced to change venues and move north to Ebensburg's North Central Recreation Center because Johnstown's City ordinance requires all exhibitors to purchase a $150 peddlers license, whereas Ebensburg does not.

Sir Henry Piers, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Piers 1st Baronet,(1629–1691) of Tristernagh Abbey County Westmeath, Ireland was an Anglo-Irish landowner, soldier, Member of Parliament, Sheriff of Counties Longford and Westmeath, Sheriff of St Johnstown, and an antiquarian.

Stackhouse Park

Stackhouse Park is a park in Westmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Johnstown.

Standard Steel Car Company

American Car & Foundry predecessor Michigan-Peninsular Car had produced steel frame cars beginning in 1897, American Steel Foundries produced steel cars in 1900, and the Cambria Steel Company opened a car plant at Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1901.

Suzy Snowflake

WJAC-TV in Johnstown, PA also runs these three cartoon shorts during the Christmas season.

Syd Lieberman

He has created performances commissioned by the city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the Smithsonian Institution (for the National Air and Space Museum), Van Andel Museum Center, NASA, and Historic Philadelphia.

The Johnstown Flood

The Johnstown Flood was a disaster that took place in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on May 31, 1889.

The Meadows Racetrack and Casino

The Johnstown, Pennsylvania location was later sold to the Penn National Gaming corporation in July 1998.

WFGI

WFGI-FM, a radio station (95.5 FM) licensed to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States

WVKO

WVKO-FM, a radio station (103.1 FM) licensed to Johnstown, Ohio, United States


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