Johnstown
Americannoun
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The Johnstown, Pa., flood in 1889 killed more 2,000 and attracted attention around the world.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
Working with longtime collaborator Christine Dahlin of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and researchers from Austria, Benedict examined vocal recordings from more than 880 captive parrots.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
Speaking from the family home in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Gino says he was both scared and calm, "half and half", when the shots rang out.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2024
“We’ve got a GSD attitude in the Shapiro administration that means we focus on getting, you know, stuff done,” he told a news conference Monday with local officials at the Johnstown YMCA.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
By the end of the month, half the steel industry, including almost all the mills in Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Wheeling, West Virginia; Lackawanna, New York; and Youngstown, Ohio, had shut down.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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