From: Subject: Johnstown Takes Lickin', Keeps Tickin' Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:15:21 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="text/html"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C8EB3C.3611CB00" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C8EB3C.3611CB00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://zine375.eserver.org/issue1/portrt2.html Johnstown Takes Lickin', Keeps Tickin'

Johnstown Takes Lickin', Keeps Tickin'

Despite natural disasters and economic hardship, Johnstown remains a = strong=20 Pennsylvania community

by Jody Mihelic

Three devastating floods in less than a century. An extinct coal = mining=20 center. A failed steel industry. And at times, the worst unemployment = rate in=20 the nation. Who wants to live in such a place? But behind its disastrous = floods=20 and stagnant economy, it is a town rich in personal history, culture, = and=20 tradition. People born there tend to stay there, and are happy. What it = lacks in=20 sophistication, Johnstown makes up for by its strong sense of community, = a unity=20 that keeps the town alive.

Histories run deep in Johnstown. My father's family goes back to the = late=20 1880s, almost to the very beginnings of the town. Mostly Central Eastern = Europeans settled in the area that is now Johnstown, and is known for = its Slavic=20 people, either Croats or Serbs. My family is Croatian. While the Slavic=20 population has thinned out recently, there is still a strong sense of=20 nationalism. In addition to the Elks, Free Masons, Rotarians, and = Shriners,=20 there are societies for Slavs, as well. The Eastern Eurpean heritage is = present=20 sacred places. The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church = refer=20 back to the Old Country. But the Serbs and Croats aren't the only groups = to have=20 settled in the fertile Conemaugh Valley. Irishmen, Germans, Poles, = Slovaks,=20 Finns, Ukrainians, Hungarians, Italians... and the list goes on.

They all came to Johnstown for the same reasons, and they came from = the very=20 bottom of the European social ladder. They knew the value of hard work, = thrift,=20 and humility. They wanted not only to survive , but to feel the = satisfaction of=20 it. Most of the immigrants were farmers, and they came for the soil of = the=20 fertile river valley. However, it was the mines that were the main = attraction.=20 Bitmuninous coal mining was one way families could keep food on the = table. Men=20 whose nations were sworn enemies labored together in the mines to = survive. The=20 plight was the same for everyone. My grandmother recalls that when her = father=20 ran a garage in the 1920s, many of his employees were immigrants. 'They = had to=20 communicate somehow, 'she says. 'Since there were people from many = different=20 countries working in the same place, they ended up learning bits and = pieces of=20 eight different languages!' The ability of its people to live together = has=20 helped Johnstown to retain a strong sense of community to this day, = despite many=20 adverse conditions.

Founded in 1800, Johnstown remained nothing more than an immigrant = town=20 through the majority of the century. Fueled by iron and then steel = mills, the=20 railroad, and the coal mining industry, Johnstown gradually gained = importance.=20 Its proximity to Pittsburgh made Johnstown an important business center. = However, it wasn't steel that brought Johnstown its true fame. It was = water.

At one time, Johnstown was a port city. As an important stop on the = canal=20 system that linked Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, many famous people = (including=20 Charles Dickens) passed by in canal boats. The town's greatest fame, = however,=20 came from its disastrous floods in 1889, 1936, and 1977. The Great Flood = of 1889=20 completely obliterated what was then a bustling steel town. An earthen = dam on=20 the South Fork of the Conemaugh River broke under the weight of 20 = million=20 gallons of gathered rainwater and the flood devoured everything in its = path.=20 Despite efforts to prevent an event like this from ever occurring again, = it did=20 in 1936. My grandmother, Dorothy Mihelic, who was 17 at the time, = remembers it=20 well.'Two weeks before the flood, we had gotten a new piano. It wasn't = anything=20 fancy, but the fact of the matter was that we had a piano. Well, we had = to leave=20 when the floodwaters came, but when we got back, the piano was upside = down=20 against the front door. No one could get in!' Not only was the new piano = destroyed, but there were 7 inches of water on the second floor. In her = father's=20 business, records were kept in a huge rolltop desk. The day of the = flood, all of=20 the records were lost as the desk floated through a plate-glass window = and=20 drifted away.

Amazingly, the long-time residents of Johnstown rebuilt after the = floods. Not=20 many moved away, and to this day, few are apt to move. After the 1977 = flood, one=20 billboard read, 'WE WILL REBUILD TOGETHER.' No one is willing to give up = his=20 heritage and family history. I often used to wonder why my father's = family=20 moved. My grandmother explained that she opted to work at Penn State to = put her=20 three children through college.When asked if she misses Johnstown, my=20 grandmother adamantly nods her head yes. She has remained in close = contact with=20 her family there. Her nephew, Lee, is a successful surgeon at = (ironically) Lee=20 Hospital, and his wife is a dentist. The two of them have found = successful=20 careers, despite a seemingly depressed, regional economy.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, which has owned = the=20 Cambria works in Johnstown since 1923, shut down many of its operations. = The=20 unemployment rate in 1983 and 1984 topped 24 percent. An industry that = once=20 supported 40,000 workers now supports only 4,000. Considering the = population of=20 Johnstown and surrounding areas is about 93,000, there have to be other = ways for=20 people to support themselves. It is for that reason that most of = Johnstown's=20 jobs are in the services -- hospitals, construction and utility = companies,=20 banks, and retail businesses.

Recently, heritage tourism has found a niche in Johnstown. After = generating=20 revenues of $40 million in 1994, this looks like it may be a permanent = addition=20 to the Johnstown area. The Open-Hearth Project, started in June of 1990, = employs=20 the use of former steel workers and coal miners to give tours of the = mines and=20 mills as part of the 'Path of Progress.' The Path of Progress is a = six-hour tour=20 that includes the Flood Museum, the Franklin works, a blue-collar = neighborhood,=20 and the Seldom Seen Mine. All for a measley $10. While Open-Hearth has = created=20 many jobs, the wages are not close to the retirement benefits that the = former=20 workers need. Most people only work part-time. Tourists can be assured = that the=20 tours will be good -- their guides are not there for the pay. Rather, = they are=20 there to share the history of the town they have grown to love. Their = own blood,=20 sweat, and tears have mingled with the very soil on which the town = rests. They=20 are, in a sense, the stuff Johnstown is made of.

Although I have never lived in Johnstown, visiting there feels like = coming=20 home. Brick- and stone-faced buildings eliminate the imposing sense of = concrete=20 and steel. Many small retail stores, groceries, and drug stores that = line the=20 streets are 'mom-and-pop' places, where people greet each by first name. = Beautiful churches rise high above the streets, and beckon the masses to = enter.=20

A walk downtown can prompt conversation with perfect strangers. = Everyone is=20 anxious to share his hometown with you. Retired men in baseball caps and = Steelers jackets joke with each other, and smile at passersby. There is = a=20 sleepiness to Johnstown -- the rush of city life is virtually unknown. = People=20 take one day at a time. Perhaps that is what they've had to do in the = past and=20 it is ingrained in them. The human spirit of Johnstowners dwarfs the = lifeless=20 mills that wall the city. It is the lifeblood of a city that has been = challenged=20 by fate... and survived.

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