Cambria
Admiral Peary Park
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary was born near Cresson on May 6, 1856.
Allegheny Portage Railroad Plane No. 2
From 1834 to 1854 this 36-mile line connected Hollidaysburg to Johnstown.
American Red Cross
Johnstown, PA
On June 5, 1889, Clara Barton and a group of American Red Cross volunteers arrived in Johnstown to help the survivors of a devastating...
Cambria City
Johnstown, PA
Founded in 1853, this neighborhood was the first home to immigrants who came to Johnstown to find work in the coal mines and steel mills.
Cambria County
Ebensburg, PA
Formed March 26, 1804 out of Huntingdon and Somerset counties.
Cresson Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Pennsylvania's anti-tuberculosis campaign, led by Dept. of Health Commissioner S. G. Dixon, included three state-run sanatoria.
Demetrius Gallitzin
Loretto, PA
Here is the tomb of the Russian prince-priest who gave up a life of ease for a frontier mission.
Dr. Lawrence F. Flick
Pioneer in antitubercular campaign and among first to recognize this disease was communicable.
Escape of Freedom Seekers Patrick and Abraham
Geistown, PA
In February 1837, two slaves, brothers Patrick and Abraham, escaped from a farm in Bath, Va.
First Cambria AME Zion Church
Johnstown, PA
Formed 1873 in the loft of the Woodvale Tannery by workers there.
Hastings UMWA - District 2 Labor Chautauquas
Hastings, PA
From 1924 to 1926 the United Mine Workers of America held innovative workers' education programs in bituminous coal towns throughout...
Hysong v. Gallitzin School District
Gallitzin, PA
In 1894, the Pa. Supreme Court ruled that the Catholic Sisters of St. Joseph were permitted to wear religious attire while teaching in...
John Brophy (1883-1963)
Nanty-Glo, PA
The American labor leader lived here in Nanty Glo.
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project
Johnstown, PA
Built (1938-1943) and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Pittsburgh District), the JLFPP reflects the 1930s move toward a...
Lemon House
Built in 1830 by Samuel Lemon.
Loretto
Cresson, PA
This village, 3.5 miles NW of here, was founded 1799 by Prince Gallitzin as a Catholic colony.
Loretto
Loretto, PA
Founded 1799 by the prince-priest Demetrius Gallitzin.
Portage Railroad
Here was No. 5 of the ten inclined planes used to carry canal boats by rail, Hollidaysburg to Johnstown.
Robert E. Peary
This monument was placed in honor of the Arctic explorer, discoverer of the North Pole April 6, 1909.
Rolling Mill Mine Disaster
Johnstown, PA
On July 10, 1902, on this hillside, 112 bituminous coal miners, mostly immigrants, were killed in a gas explosion at Cambria Iron...
Sgt. Michael Strank
Franklin, PA
A Marine, he was the oldest and highest ranking of the six men who took part in the famous raising of the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima, Feb. 23,...
Staple Bend Tunnel
First railroad tunnel built in the U.S. and a part of the Portage Railroad.