Updates from Heritage Johnstown

By Amy Regan, Heritage Johnstown curator

Have you ever wondered if there was a location that tied Johnstown’s history together? Well, the the Wagner-Ritter House and Garden does just that! This historic home ties together the Johnstown Flood Museum and the …

The following message was sent to all registrants for the 2026 Path of the Flood Historic Races by Mark Voelker, race director. The races, which are co-produced by the Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority and Heritage Johnstown, took place …

John Fulton was the General Mining Engineer of Cambria Iron Company in Johnstown in the late 1800s. Heritage Johnstown houses six unpublished memoirs by John Fulton about his life, work, and retirement. The typewritten memoirs are annotated, …

As part of the ongoing international exhibition, “Let Me Be Myself — The Life Story of Anne Frank,” Hope Springs Eternal: The Holocaust Project is proud to host a special guest presentation by Susan Robinson Hawkins on May 9 at …

March 17, 1936 is the second of Johnstown’s three major floods. Unlike the floods of 1889 and 1977, a dam failure was not involved — instead, it was caused by a massive snowmelt and three days of rain. Heritage Johnstown’s …

The Epstein Family has a long and significant history in Johnstown. Their story of immigration, religion, business, and community history all embody that of many Johnstown families. Over the past few months, Richland High School student Saffron Barrett-Ross catalogued the …

“Hope Springs Eternal: The Holocaust Project” is proud to announce the arrival of the internationally acclaimed exhibition, “Let Me Be Myself — The Life Story of Anne Frank.” The exhibition will be hosted at the Frank & Sylvia Pasquerilla Heritage …

This Heritage Johnstown at Home post is based on research done by members of our organization in the early 2000s as part of an extensive local African-American history project. It was researched primarily by Andrew Baraniak, an AmeriCorps volunteer, with …

The AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival today announced its strongest lineup to date for the July 24-25 festival, with headliners Greensky Bluegrass featuring Holly Bowling (pictured) and The Disco Biscuits.

“After four consecutive years of record attendance, this lineup raises the …

“Let me be myself and then I am satisfied,” Anne Frank wrote in her diary on 11 April 1944. By that time, she had been in hiding in Amsterdam for almost two years as World War II raged on.

 ‘Let Me …