The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise ... - JohnstownCafe

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their t.nuulations. Stonvcreek street is a surprise, because it-stayed The
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feathcrv frau,es alon^ us south sule dan.le on the brink of the stream, uh.ch
ebbed and ll-.wed Hke a ^'-"1 ''' pasMon'' dunn.' the tlood. yet >t did not
scatter then, as chalt. liack troni the ereek. amon^ squares and row^. luuUh
ings heavier and hi.^her went down m dro^ e.. but these neuher crumbled nor
floated Thou-h not in the direct hue of the v.ave which clun-^d throu'Ji
the centre of the town and made it a desert, the back-water worked harder
than a s^uadof pohce tu have them --move on.'' It bubbled over the .h,u,,les
and .MU-ded in the garrets, -nawed holes m the walls and nd.bled oil the
portico>. tu^-ed at them m front and shoved at them in the rear, tned lo-s at
doors and driftwood aL;anist the windows, and-the liouscs didn't -o The
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Sphinx of antiquity propounded no enigma to the Thebans .so hard to solve as
the problems such feat invs of the [ohnstowu Hood suu-est.
Clinton street— pas-in- down Mam we ;,danced at it-presents fresh surprises.
From \Vashini;ton to Mam it was built up principally with stores.
Three door, trom ^lam.
hotels and shops, families occupvm- the upper floors.
on the east side of the .treet. mark the basement hlled with mud and wrecka;;e.
On this spot stood th.e Hulbert House, the leadin- hostelrv. -\ snowT^all cast
into a boihm; caldron could not have melted more rapidly than this imposing,'
bnck hotel, which extended to the alley and was for years my stopping place
when visitin- Johnstown. Sixty per.ons were m the house when the