Preserving our heritage, revitalizing our community
The Johnstown Area Heritage Association is a non-profit, membership-based organization that preserves and presents Johnstown’s nationally significant stories to the nation. To do that, we provide high-quality educational, cultural and recreational experiences in the area’s unique historic settings through a linked system of attractions and historic districts known as the Johnstown Discovery Network.
We operate the Johnstown Flood Museum and the Frank & Sylvia Pasquerilla Heritage Discovery Center. We opened the Wagner-Ritter House and Garden in 2006, the Johnstown Children’s Museum in 2009, and Peoples Natural Gas Park in 2012. Other major JAHA programs include the AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival, as well as a variety of additional cultural programming and special events scheduled throughout the year. In this way, we enhance the quality of life for those who live in and around Johnstown, bring positive national attention and visitors to our area, and contribute to the region’s economic development through heritage tourism.
In addition, JAHA is involved in a variety of community projects related to historic research, preservation, and community revitalization, which include but are not limited to the rehabilitation of the Johnstown Train Station and Blacksmith Shop. We maintain an extensive archive of photographs, documents and objects that are significant to the history of this area.
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The Saltsburg Area Historical Society just discovered a scrap book, donated by a relative, about Boyd "Buzz" Wagner of Johnstown. He was a decorated army pilot in WWII. Interested? Contact our Historical Society if so.
Recently found this among some old photos.
Sanitary dairy in Johnstown 1923 calendar
For those familiar with the Staple Bend Tunnel bike trail near Mineral Point, check out this photo comparison. Top is current from Google. Bottom is 1939. Circled is an entire town, now completely lost to a deep forest. I believe this was a coal company town called "Black Diamond" but I have not been able to find much about it so far. I got the '39 pic from the excellent PSU "Penn Pilot" resource.
Are restaurants in your area open yet? We’d like to come for an overnight visit to see museum & would like to be able to eat if we come.
Watching the 93 academy award winning documentary on the 1889 flood.
God Bless all those lost
Any idea?
a look at the trajectory of COVID-19 cases in Cambria County
Does anyone remember this band? Supposedly from the Johnstown area in the sixties. The Continentals
On Saturday, April 25th at 10:00 a.m. the Friends of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial will be conducting a headstone cleaning at the Unknown Plot at Grandview Cemetery. To volunteer, e-mail
[email protected] or call 814-244-0899.
When is the Jolly Trolly?
