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Welcome
The Dam
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Colonel Unger
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Club Members
Bibliography
The Victims
Eye Witnesses
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The South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
- May 19, 1879
- The club is incorporated as a not for profit organization.
- November 17, 1879
- The charter for the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club is filed in Allegheny County.
- March 15, 1880
- The land is officially granted to the club.
- October 14, 1879
- The first mention of a new club is reported in the Johnstown Tribune.
- December 25, 1879
- The first repairs to the dam washed away.
- Spring 1880
- Under the supervision of Edward Pearson, the repair work to the dam begins.
- 1881
- The repairs are finished and the lake is stocked with black bass from Lake Erie.
- 1887
- Death of club’s first president, Benjamin Ruff.
- 1888
- The last cottage to be built at Lake Conemaugh is complete.
- May 31, 1889
- The dam fails.
- 1889-1907
- The "Johnstown Colony", a group of homeless from that city live in resort buildings.
- June 26, 1901
- The club turns the entire property over to E. B. Alsip, a trustee of the club.
- February 17, 1903
- The property is deeded to George Harshberger.
- February 25, 1904
- Public auction of the club buildings and their contents.
- 1907
- The town of St. Michael, a community surrounding the old resort, is created.
