I have been looking forward to filming and exploring this place myself this year. How does your channel not have 100K subscribers!? Outstanding content, its like watching a documentary film, truly great work, thanks for everything you do!

@runningintohistory

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot Walter! You definitely should check it out. A lot of hiking up there too. Hammersley Wild area is one of my favorite locations in the state.

Thanks Barry! I’ve wondered about the backstory since I saw the destroyed dam last summer!

Excellent video. The Austin Dam disaster is one of the stories from that area that has fascinated me for 25-30 years since I first stumbled on the remains of the dam. A few years after that we were in Wellsboro for a weekend and they were premiering a documentary done by Mansfield University at the theatre in Wellsboro. If you can find a copy of it, it is a great history of the dam, and the failure. It is narrated by Willie Nelson, the country singer, but that adds the name connection to the dam story. As always, great job telling the story.

@runningintohistory

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot Bud. I actually came across that Willie Nelson version while researching this one. I book marked it to come back to it. I didn't do much on the dam. I figured I I would focus on the factory for this one and then maybe hit the dam. My friends cabin is in Austin so I'm up there often. I love that area. We were looking at property up there for a while.

@raptorPA

4 ай бұрын

@runningintohistory I'm planning a two or three day shooting trip up that way in May or June. The dam is going to be my first stop on the way up, then several Wellsboro area locations. It is a great area, and always something to explore. My ex and I were looking at a camp south of Wellsboro, but it needed a bit more work than we felt comfortable taking on. And there was some question about the viability of the septic system. Did you find the Mansfield doc video on line? If you did, would you mind sharing the link? I haven't been able to track it down.

@runningintohistory

4 ай бұрын

@@raptorPA I think I just saw it described somewhere. I think back in the 60s if I remember. It might have been on the Potter County Historical Society page.

@raptorPA

4 ай бұрын

@runningintohistory the documentary was probably around 1998-2001 somewhere. At one point it was for sale at the Gift Shop in Austin. I was planning to grab a copy but was hoping it was somewhere on line to watch before I head up. Hopefully tho I still have a working DVD player around here somewhere lol.

@runningintohistory

4 ай бұрын

@@raptorPA lol yeah that's the question.

I really like the adding of other historical events down along the bottom left. This was a fantastic site to visit and explore (much better during the hotter months imho).

@runningintohistory

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Scott!

You are way too brave going into these places! Sad but interesting story. But that photo in the sky is creepy. It says, "Stay Away! Keep Out!" Loved the photography so much!!!! ❤

@runningintohistory

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Aunt Liz!

We got a chance to check this place out about 5 years ago, prior to my KZread channel. We mostly focused on the dam itself, was kinda scared to go into the mill. Plus it was summertime and I was worried about snakes, as this area is prone to rattlers. Very interesting to hear your thoughts, and facts about the mill, especially post 1911. A lot of that stuff I didn’t know. As a Johnstown native, this place is especially interesting, the stories are so similar. It’s a shame when humans make the same mistakes over and over resulting in lives lost.

@runningintohistory

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking it out. I don't think I would want to go in there during the summer either. I was back up there last summer and it was really overgrown. It is definitely an interesting place. I love that entire area of the state.

Great Video! What a sad story!

@runningintohistory

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Definitely a crazy story.

Johnstown is my home town.

@runningintohistory

4 ай бұрын

Stay tuned! I will be working on the South Fork dam story soon with an author of a new book about it and the Johnstown Flood.

@grungetruck8243

4 ай бұрын

@@runningintohistory you ever hear of sandyville or Grandview cemetery? Very interesting places in Johnstown as well. Staple bend tunnel as well...

@runningintohistory

4 ай бұрын

@@grungetruck8243 I haven't but I will look them up. Thanks.