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Before Johnstown became a steel town, many local residents believed that the area would make a fine resort, including editor James Moore Swank, who wrote...
"The attractions of Johnstown as a place of summer resort for the residents of the large cities are not appreciated... either at home or abroad. Our scenery is grand beyond description, neighboring streams large and numerous; drives good; women beautiful and accomplished; men all gentlemen and scholars; hotels as good as the best."
-- Cambria Tribune, July 26, 1860 |