Be a part of something historically local. Become a member of the Johnstown Historical Society!
Help the Johnstown Historical Society continue its mission in our community.
Stop in and tour the Historic Parish House and Museum. Admission is free!
We need your help. Check out our flexible and one-time volunteer opportunities.
It wasn’t another meteorite—but it did make an impact!
Introducing The Impact, our new quarterly email newsletter. While the name is a playful tribute to our famous meteorite, we think the stories of our past make an impact all their own.
Didn’t get Issue 1? There’s still time!
Subscribe on or before September 15th, and we’ll send the inaugural issue your way.
PLUS, you’ll be entered to win a $200 History Lover’s Gift Basket!
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Don’t miss your chance to be part of The Impact from the very beginning!
We’re working to digitize more than 120 years of The Johnstown Breeze and make its historic archives freely searchable online, and your support is needed.
Help preserve the stories that make our community unique. Through Your Story Matters, we’re collecting memories, photos, and reflections from community members to create a lasting archive of our shared history.
A Tribute To Johnstown, originally published in 1976, is returning! This commemorative edition will feature the original content while adding new stories, photos, and research from the past 50 years.
Cemetery Crawl
October 31, 2026
The 2026 Cemetery Crawl will be an incredible one-of-a-kind event. Attendees will meet Johnstown residents both past and present in a historically haunting cemetery tour of the Johnstown Cemetery. It’s the perfect way to experience Johnstown’s vibrant history and the remarkable figures who helped shape it. Join us for a delightful event where the past comes out to play!
Registration Opens: October 1, 2026
$10.00 Donation / Set of 6
Love local history? Our postcard sets are the perfect keepsake from Johnstown!
Individual postcards are available for a $2 donation. Stop by the Parish House and take a peek.
$10.00 Donation / Coin
A century after the 1924 meteorite made history, our 2024 Centennial coins celebrate the impact. Grab yours before they’re gone!
$15.00 Donation / Brick
For 70 years, Letford Elementary was a place of learning and memories. It was demolished in 2023, but you can keep its legacy alive with a piece to treasure at home or share with someone special.
Johnstown’s mid-20th Century movie theater served the Johnstown, Milliken and Platteville communities for more than 15 years. It operated under three different names over that period and had several successive owners, managers, and building owners. Residents in 1940 anxiously awaited the opening of this new source of recreation, and downtown business owners welcomed the PIX…
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The Johnstown Historical Society’s obligation to its community is to preserve, interpret, and protect Johnstown’s history. They accomplish that in various ways. About a year ago they took on the task of raising money to have the town’s longest running business – The Johnstown Breeze – digitized. There’s no other written record or resource that…
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Zola Arlene Coates was an exceptional teacher and citizen. Never married, she devoted her life to community. She was born at the Longmont hospital on June 7, 1907 and grew up in the Highlandlake-Mead area. She graduated as the Valedictorian of her class in 1925 and then attended Colorado Teachers College (now University of Northern…
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