[Marcel Ray Duriez, Author: of English Minor 2 diplomas via 'Alison' in the fundamentals of English and Grammar. Writing 12/25/2012 to the present. Artist: Graphic Design- BA-GDM 'The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.' Part of 'Kappa Pi' and 'NTHS' for honors. Art- illustrating 2 diplomas from: 'The Art Instruction Schools.' Minneapolis Minnesota, with 8 Merits. Engineering undergraduate, from Pen Highlands, in Johnstown Pa. Also diplomas in Health, Psychology, Children's Manners, and Music. Working for my maters in master's in general education.]
[1889 May 31 the Johnstown Flood]
“There are much importance's to the town of Johnstown, ~History.com Editors- “The Johnstown Flood (locally, the Great Flood of 1889) occurred on May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located on the south fork of the Little Conemaugh River, 14 miles (23 km (about 14.29 mi)) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. In a river valley in central Pennsylvania, heavy rain and a neglected dam led to a catastrophe in which 2,209 people die and a prosperous city, Johnstown, is nearly wiped off the face of the earth.”
“The flood accounted for US$17 million of damage (about $463 million in 2017 dollars).”
“History- A&E Television Networks & A&E Television Networks (2010, October 28). THIS DAY IN HISTORY -1889- May 31- The Johnstown Flood. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-johnstown-flood-2,(1) Johnstown Flood- “This was also the first major disaster relief effort that the newly found American Red Cross handled. There was support for the victims from all over the United States along with 18 foreign countries that also helped. When the flood had finished the flood victims also suffered many legal issues when trying to recover any damages from the dam’s owners.”
“I would say that kids and teens would like to have an understanding, I believe, there any age range from young to old would enjoy reading about this topic but you want me to pick out a specific category in which you three young adult or juvenile children would enjoy reading about hearing about learning about all the things that would be the Johnstown flood there is a museum currently in Johnstown PA where children go for field trips and understanding of what happened and took place Johnstown has flooded more than once in its history but this one was the most devastating within the town where over 2000 people died. it is good for the youth of Pennsylvanians to understand the horrific nature and the events of what took place in the Johnstown flood.”
Caryl Sue (2014, April 28). National Geographic Society, “The city of Johnstown developed on a flood". Retrieved from http://johnstownflood.com/johnstown-flood/johnstown-flood.html (2) “The city of Johnstown developed on a flood plain at the meeting of the Stony Creek and Little Conemaugh rivers. As more people moved to the city, the banks of the rivers were paved and narrowed, causing yearly flooding. Residents were prepared for this. They watched the river and moved their belongings upstairs or onto rooftops as the city flooded. Residents were not prepared for the additional flood from an entire lake, however. Located in nearby mountains, Lake Conemaugh was a reservoir created by the South Fork Dam. Lake Conemaugh was an exclusive retreat for members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, which owned the dam. Rain and poor construction caused the dam to break. Water rushed down the river at 64 kilometers per hour (40 miles per hour). Johnstown’s leading industry was steel production, and the floodwaters quickly became choked with industrial debris— steel cables, chemical solvents, glass, entire rail cars. The flood destroyed a wire factory, filling the water with tons of barbed wire.”
Sue- said also quoting- “About 80 people died when floating wreckage caught fire. Rebuilding
Johnstown took years—the bodies of some victims were not found until 20 years later. Although the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club failed to maintain the dam, members of the club successfully argued that the disaster was an “act of God.” This perceived injustice helped inspire the acceptance of “strict, joint, and several liabilities,” which supports the idea that a “non-negligent defendant could be held liable for damage caused by the unnatural use of land.”
“My audience reading this paper would be anybody that would be in the teenage years from the 20s up to their 30s I would agree that there'd probably be more interest in older elderly people in this topic more than somebody that was young children would automatically be engaged with the history and the events and seeing the on-site locations more of a hands-on visual approach than documentation there is a museum as I said devoted completely to the historic event but I would say that children the most would be engaged into the aspects in the specific fundamentals of this historic event.”
Tailor- “I would use approaches to understanding the study in this subject of the Johnstown flood I would ask these questions related to the historical nature of the events by giving perspectives by different types of parties one being children they would wonder what happened in this situation the original dam was made out of earthen clay it busted at being lowered and lack of maintaining the perspective this by a child would be understanding that even uneducated nature of a child would understand that the nature of a dam being made out of earth eventually is going to break it that the people should have known that through the perspective looking at the damn that they were going to be in trouble sometimes eventually down the line, teenagers would get the perspective of understanding the nature of the horrific death and the tragedy in which took half if not all the population of the city people clinging towards the sides of the mountain towards the Johnstown inclined plane another historical landmark within Pennsylvania, the elderly would have grandparents or loved ones that would understand and remember the tragic events which took place on this historical day. The key approach of reminding you of the study of this history is told and re passed down by all Pennsylvanians to remember or want to remember something so disastrous.”
Cited:
~(History.com Editors, HISTORY, The Johnstown Flood, A&E Television Networks, October 18, 2010) https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-johnstown-flood-2
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Both said the same things, “tailor-” I could give a storyline about this just by the remembrances of my learnings, and web searching. I do not think you need to use big words to show the impact of this event, the raw emotions say the story well, keep it light and engaging- do not bore them with facts after the fact.
I would have liked to have said more about this now what I did find was that the videos were more in-depth. investigating your event, this has been something that has been part of my history I think that others around the world would like to have a grasp of. Searching for sources was something I know well, and have a background in so it was gratification, jollification, sharing this information. How did you make choices? In a moment of splendid epiphany? Relatable to the main topic to secondary was all the same topics. Understanding the event was the death of many with a city, in Pa.
Footnotes
Question: *What was the official death toll from the 1889 Johnstown Flood? Over 2,000.
I would ask this- *What time did the dam fail?
By most accounts, it failed after 3:00 PM... most say either 3:10 or 3:15. It is accepted that the Flood struck Johnstown proper at 4:07 PM.
The ones that would benefit most from hearing- I feel kids would be most interested in learning more about this topic.
References
(Johnstown Flood, 2020) http://johnstownflood.com/johnstown-flood/johnstown-flood.html (Caryl-Sue, National Geographic Society, April 30, 2014) https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/may31/johnstown-flood/
I would let them see this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=melEHAwHisE
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