Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

 - Class of 1929

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 THE SPECTATOR 3 PICTURES OF EARLY JOHNSTOWN Frances Witt Joseph Johns, the founder of Johnstown, was a man of business ability and foresight, who looked ahead to see his settlement become the county capital and be- cause of that he put into the organization of Johnstown all that he had. It is interesting to note that today after more than one hundred years the plan of the business part of our city follows the original plan of Conemaugh Old Town. The charter for the town, received on November 4, 1800, stated that the town contained one hundred and forty-one lots, ten streets, six alleys and one market square. The main streets were known as Washington, Main, Vine, Chestnut, Market and Franklin streets. By an act of the State Legislature, Conemaugh Borough was in- corporated on January 12, 1831, and three years later the name was changed to Johnstown in honor of its founder, Johns. Our present Central Park, which was reserved for a Court House, consisted of lots 49, 50, 51, and 52. The plot was originally 264 feet square, but on the laying out of side walks it was reduced to 240 feet square. In earlier days the Square was used for public meetings, circus performances, and a playground. Here it was that Dan Rice and Van Amburg brought their circuses, until the ground was not large enough for the exhibitions. The first circus in Johnstown was on the Public Square [’]

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 THE SPECTATOR Conemaugh and Stonycreek Rivers. This land, called the “Campbell Tract,” Charles Campbell had secured through a government land patent after the territory had been opened to white settlers. On this tract much of the present city of Johns- town is now situated. It included the first three, and parts of the Fourth, Ninth, Tenth and Thirteenth Wards. At the same time Johns bought the “Henry Wise” tract, now part of the Twelfth Ward and then a dense forest; for, as late as 1823, the portion west of Market and Vine Streets was still wooded. Shantz built his house near the corner of Vine and Levergood streets in 1793, and was busy for the next several years clearing tracts of land to be laid out in a plan for his future town. In the Somerset County Courts on November 4, 1800, he recorded the charter for his village, Conemaugh Old Town. In this charter his name appears as Joseph Johns. The charter contained provisions many of which have had lasting effects. The Market Place, all public highways, streets and alleys were to be free to the citizens forever. Two lots, one on Market Street and the other on Chestnut Street, were to be given for the erection of public schools and houses of public worship. A plot of not less than one acre was to be used as a place of burial for the inhabitants. This is now known as Union Park. The square on Main Street was to be used for a court house, for Johns hoped that Conemaugh Old Town might become the county seat. And lastly, the strip of land called the Point was set aside for free public amusement forever. In 1807 Johns sold his Johnstown property; in 1805 he moved to a farm in Conemaugh Township where he spent the rest of his life. When he died he left no will so his property was disposed at a public sale. Joseph Johns II acquired it November 3, 1813, and it remained in his possession until a year before his death when he conveyed it to his son Joseph Johns III for the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars. Even to-day the land is in the hands of the Johns family. a W'.'.j-a' - Ti. , w7: The Home of Joseph Johns Built near the corner of Vine and Levergood streets [8]



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THE SPECTATOR 3gdg| Johnstown In 1840 From Sherman Day's Recollections of Sketches of Pennsylvania” in 1833. Also, here it was that the fakirs who came to town brought their wares. In 1872, the Square was laid out by a landscape gardener, and made a beauty spot. In the summer of 1890, a year after the Flood, it was again laid out as a park, and since that time has been controlled by the Park Commission. The study of the picture representing Johnstown in 1840, shows how slow the progress of the town really was; for foryt years after Joseph Johns recorded the charter for his settlement, Johnstown was still a mere village with a population of 949. The accompanying picture showing the Express Office, National Bank and Chris- tian Church, which were built on what is now known as Park Place, portrays the character of the business houses in very early Johnstown, as it also shows the mode of transportation by means of low sleds and horses. Public Square And Presbyterian Church About 1880 [10]

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