Directory of Johnstown Flood Resources

These sites describe the great flood of May 31 1889, which struck Johnstown PA causing over 2200 deaths and making thousands more homeless.

Resources in This Category

A Roar Like Thunder

http://www.johnstownpa.com/History/hist19.html
Concise article describing the course of the flood and its aftermath.
Johnstown Flood National Memorial

http://www.nps.gov/jofl
National Park Service site with many photos and eye-witness accounts. Includes information for visitors.
New York Times Articles

http://www.johnstownpa.com/History/hist30.html
Three articles published in the immediate aftermath of the flood.
The Cause of the Johnstown Flood

http://smoter.com/flooddam/johnstow.htm
Article by Walter S Frank. Footnoted history of why a reconstructed dam failed. Civil engineering perspective.
The Johnstown Flood

http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nws/johnstown.html
Short article drawn from contemporary accounts. Published by the NOAA Photo Library.
The Pennsylvania Disaster

http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/poems/pgpenn.htm
Poem about the flood by famously bad poet William McGonagall, with historical footnote and links.

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