Take on a role
When you come to the Johnstown Heritage Discovery Center you will assume the role of one of the eight fictional people below as you go through the exhibit. They represent the thousands of immigrants who came to Johnstown and the surrounding area to make a new life.
Stefan Kohanek Age: 21 Status: Unmarried migrant farmhand Country: Poland |
Prokop Kalina Age: 29 Status: Married butcher Country: Slovakia
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Moshe Rosenbaum Age: 36 Status: Married shopkeeper Country: Russia Paint Creek near Johnstown |
Maria Catania Age: 19 Status: Unmarried peasant Country: Italy |
Katerina Szatmary Age: 30 Status: Married goose farmer Country: Hungary |
Josef Korzeniowski Age: 12 Status: Peasant boy Country: Poland |
Anna Szechenyi Age: 9 Status: Peasant girl Country: Slovakia |
Andrej Hlink Age: 24 Status: Unmarried migrant farmhand Country: Bohemia |