Raystown Dam - St. Patrick's Day Flood of 1936

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Raystown Dam - St. Patrick's Day Flood of 1936

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Күн бұрын

New photos of the Old Raystown Dam have been made available to me and I am sharing them with all of YOU.
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@mtngrlify Жыл бұрын

Hi Scott, I am the anonymous Coloradoan! What a great presentation and I learned much more about the photos than just looking at random pictures from. my mother’s collection. My mom is Susan Simpson Anderson, granddaughter of W.B. Simpson and daughter of Richard M Simpson (late congressman). I am so happy to see this history in the hands of someone who can share with others!

@robertsherman4433 10 ай бұрын

My grandmother had a shared rural party line into the late 60s. Each of the parties would have their own ring pattern. You would have to wait for whoever was using the line to finish before you could dial your call. You could hear people pick up and sometimes listen in to be nosey or expedite your conversation. Thanks for sharing all the history stories.

@MrCJHooversr Жыл бұрын

I have been to the Raystown dam many times as a child in the early 60’s fishing and picnicking With my grandparents who lived by the dam , I remember a lot of the roads and landmarks

@ODDySEEy 11 ай бұрын

It is beautiful and must have been even more grand when it was secreted away as the smaller lake.

@MrsBarni Жыл бұрын

Scott, excellent video, as always. It also touched my heart. I am a long time genealogist, it runs in my blood to help preserve not just people's names but also where and how they lived, worked, events of their time. Photographs, newspapers over a 100 years old in many cases, any documents. The search never ends. It's fantastic that someone has put items in your trust to be shared and not forgotten, lost or uncared for. Thank you to that person and you too Scott

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

The family are close friends of mine and I am just as much enthralled with their story as they are and only recently has information been coming forth regarding their previously lost history. So I keep helping them where I can and I cannot resist telling their story.

@judithwanamaker1733 3 күн бұрын

Thank you SO MUCH for your very informative video! Never realized or knew about the '36 flood. And that it reached to Harrisburg.

@Vishiaeq Жыл бұрын

Amazing pictures! How things have changed here in Huntingdon in 100 years.

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

I often wonder if for the better or worse. I lean toward "worse"... I believe this county should be a tourist trap of "Pennsylvania Jungle". Just nature and natural (not tree hugger style with paved asphalt paths, the real NATURAL of a dirt path that MAYBE is lined with naturally felled trees when needed).

@dayhikedave Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Also loved the phone book. I was just as interested and distracted by it as you.👍🙂🙏

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

LOL... it is like history induced ADHD.

@anthonybatulis6516 Жыл бұрын

Great work as usual. Thank you for sharing these videos. People like me grew up in Pa and now we live elsewhere. Its great to hear about our history.

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

You will be back... statistically, Pennamites, more than any other states people, have a 98% chance of returning to their home state.

@rogergarman Жыл бұрын

Great video as always Scott. I appreciate all your hard work. What a pleasant surprise, all the things you received. Yes, I would love to see a video of a ride along of the beautiful sites. Thanks again, and keep up the Great Work!!!!

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

I am looking forward to setting that up.

@jeffmt1025 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful and fascinating video! So glad you are back at it!

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

Good to be back.

@TobyGobi Жыл бұрын

Great video, Scott! Looking forward to more in the future.

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

More to come!

@girlgamergear3260 Жыл бұрын

The '36 flood happened just a month before my dad was born. His parents talked about it. In Williamsburg, floods are judged by the '36, '72, and '96 floods. My dad's family come from Woodcock Valley. Very much enjoyed this! Looking forward to more! BTW...this is OXBastetXO. I changed my name to reflect my Etsy shop name.

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

As a hard core gamer... girl gamers rock! (UberTod)

@girlgamergear3260 Жыл бұрын

@@ODDySEEy Awesome!!!

@bryantsell Жыл бұрын

This video got me wondering about the rainfall & snow totals from that event. Here are some interesting facts that I found. Even though not all of these locations are in the Raystown Lake watershed it still gives a good idea that this area was very hard hit! Hyndman and Buffalo Mills had the highest daily rainfall totals for all of Pennsylvania on March 18th: 5.18" and 4.50" respectively. Bakers Summit and Bedford picked up just over 4.00". For snowfall totals for January 1 to March 18th, Bakers Summit had 64.8", Bedford had 53.0" and Hyndman picked up 29.9". 39.0" fell in Huntingdon. I'm not seeing snow depth records for any nearby locations.

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

Since that time there have also been the additions of dikes, dams, overflows, redirects, etc. to mitigate water flows. BUT... they seem to keep failing on a regular basis. 1844, 1889, 1936, 1972, 1996... meaning there should be another big one during the next 15 years.

@samdeep1097 Жыл бұрын

Excellent Scott! Love delving into the past. Thank you.

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

It is crazy fun to have things like this appear on the doorstep.

@bobairhart8175 Жыл бұрын

interesting history lesson

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

Imagine getting photos of those things as they happened.

@MrsBarni Жыл бұрын

Is that a hint of an upcoming video about hurricane Agnes on your blackboard? I lived in Potter County, PA when Agnes hit

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

Agnes was not nearly as bad... but it too has left a good number of stories behind.

@castevens97 11 ай бұрын

My Grandmother was born 14 months later. I had no idea that this happened.

@ODDySEEy 11 ай бұрын

There are a LOT of stories that are left untold.

@donniebollinger4054 Жыл бұрын

my pap and gram talked about the 36 flood in port royal pa

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

It would be neat to have pictures of all the parts of PA affected by that flood. It must have been astounding to see all the farm fields that became lakes.

@chemwrite Жыл бұрын

Are you a resident of Huntingdon Borough? From some of what you've said, this seems likely. I live in the borough and I've enjoyed your videos. I really like your insight in our local history.

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

No, but close enough. ;) Thanks for watching :D

@donniebollinger4054 Жыл бұрын

never new there was a dam at raystown before 72

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

Yep... and it was a Hydroelectric dam that gave back to the community.

@adamgladfelter8762 Жыл бұрын

Carantuan aka Spanish Hill Barclay Mountain + Cemetery Both Bradford County PA

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

Added to the "Initial Research" list.

@cgillam892 Жыл бұрын

The 1936 flood must be the flood my mom talked about. She lived in Mt Union and was almost 12 at that time (birthday March 22, 1923). She said Mt Union was flooded clear up to the PRR bridge.

@ODDySEEy Жыл бұрын

Mt. Union would have been an absolute small island during that flood. All the way down to Virginia. The mountain range would have pretty much been the only visible signs of land.

@judithwanamaker1733 3 күн бұрын

PS: is there a price to subscribe?

@ODDySEEy 3 күн бұрын

@@judithwanamaker1733 absolutely not