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

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RISE
AND PROGRESS.
A Charter for the "Town of Conemai'gh
" — Primitive Enterprises — Sesious Floods
— Peter Levergoods Liberal Policy — The Pennsylvania Canal and the Old
Portage Railroad — Prominent Personages — Notable Landmarks — Adopting the
Name of Iohnstown — Churches and Schools — Modern Impro\ements — Growth
AND Prosperity — From a Forest to a Community of Thirty Thousand Souls.
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Mr. Johns filed the charter of
"the town of Conemaugh." The paper was drawn in jiropcr form, witnessed
by Abraham Morrison, an attorney, who li\ed until 1S65, and duly recorded
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