In this ongoing series, we feature a piece from our Museum Director, Billie DeLancey, originally published in The Johnstown Breeze on October 24, 2024. Enjoy this look back, and keep an eye on the paper for the newest stories shaping our community. Cora May Elwell was born in Newark Valley, NY on August 20, 1867….
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In this ongoing series, we feature a piece from our Museum Director, Billie DeLancey, originally published in The Johnstown Breeze on September 19, 2024. Enjoy this look back, and keep an eye on the paper for the newest stories shaping our community. Harvey Jay Parish was born in Taylor County, Iowa near Hawleyville on February…
Read MoreJohnstown’s Early Fire Houses
In this ongoing series, we feature a piece from our Museum Director, Billie DeLancey, originally published in The Johnstown Breeze on August 22, 2024. Enjoy this look back, and keep an eye on the paper for the newest stories shaping our community. Johnstown’s first record of an organized group of fire-fighting, bucket-brigade volunteers was public…
Read MoreElsie Dee Grant – School Nurse
In this ongoing series, we feature a piece from our Museum Director, Billie DeLancey, originally published in The Johnstown Breeze on July 25, 2024. Enjoy this look back, and keep an eye on the paper for the newest stories shaping our community. At the time of her death in May 1956, Elsie Dee Grant had…
Read MoreThe Colorado Condensed Milk Company
In this ongoing series, we feature a piece from our Museum Director, Billie DeLancey, originally published in The Johnstown Breeze on April 25, 2024. Enjoy this look back, and keep an eye on the paper for the newest stories shaping our community. In 1910, Lottie Parish, the only daughter of town founders Harvey and Mary Parish, had…
Read MoreThe Old Johnstown Hotel
In this ongoing series, we feature a piece from our Museum Director, Billie DeLancey, originally published in The Johnstown Breeze on March 28, 2024. Enjoy this look back, and keep an eye on the paper for the newest stories shaping our community. Although the sign reads Hotel Johnstown, it was commonly known as the “Johnstown…
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