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Johnstown Area Heritage Association: Flood Resources
Explore the heritage of Johnstown, and find pictures and facts about the historic 1889 flood.
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National Park Service: Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Information on the Johnstown Flood National Memorial and the park that "preserves the remains of the South Fork Dam and portions of the former Lake Conemaugh bed."
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Historic Information: Johnstown, Pa
Historic information on the town of Johnstown before the flood, during the flood, and after. Click on "A Roar Like Thunder, May 31, 1889" to read an account of the flood itself.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1391: The Johnstown Flood
The explanation of why the South Fork Creek dam broke causing the famous disaster. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
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The Great Peshtigo Fire Page
Forgotten in the fame of the Chicago Fire, Peshtigo suffered even more in the toll of dead, injured, and total destruction.
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The Peshtigo Fire, October 8, 1871
This personal site is dedicated to the victims of the "largest natural fire in the history of the United States. By some estimates, nearly two thousand people were killed." Site offers many related links.
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The Great Chicago Fire
Read a letter by Horace White of the Chicago Tribune to a fellow editor in Cincinnati in which he describes first-hand during the days of the Chicago Fire of 1871.