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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Harvey Jay Parish was born in Taylor County, Iowa on February 5, 1862. At four years old he travelled with his mother by rail over the then new Union Pacific railroad to Carney, Nebraska, and from there by stage to join his father at Namaqua, a settlement on the Big Thompson River on the far…
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Midnight was foaled in Alberta, Canada in 1910 on Jim McNab’s ranch, and he may still hold the title as the “greatest bucking horse of all time” by cowboys and rodeo fans alike. The stories conflict on how this horse started bucking – one states he was spooked by a Model T Ford that backfired….
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Alexander Graham Bell is credited with making the first telephone call in 1876 when he demonstrated his ability to “talk with electricity” by transmitting a call to his assistant, Thomas Watson. Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone that same year. This new invention created a new profession – that of the…
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Historical Society Fundraising To Preserve The Johnstown Breeze Newspaper Archives A local newspaper is the beating heart of its community. Often the most factual account and near complete record of a town’s development over time, it becomes a living scrapbook holding within its printed pages the details of its community’s struggles and triumphs, thus capturing…
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This year’s featured quilter honor goes to Mary Janes of Johnstown. She’ll be front and center against a backdrop of her favorite quilts. Come and see Mary’s quilts and plenty of others, too.
Read MoreThe Johnstown Historical Society is a proud recipient of a recent History Colorado – State Historical Fund (SHF) grant for improvements to the Parish House and Museum grounds.
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