Founded in 1800, Johnstown became a thriving industrial community late in the century when modernized steel production in Johnstown's
mills was producing millions of tons of steel for railroads, warships, bridges and common nails. A mass immigration of people from Europe
looking for a life free from persecution or oppression began streaming into the U.S. in 1870 providing the labor force that allowed Johnstown
to become the largest steel making center in...