In the 1890 Cambria County Atlas there is a map of Prospect that has the names of the residents written for every property. I looked up an English family who emigrated here before the Civil War and I found their property there. The father was a mine foreman with three daughters. One went to Australia [the English government paid for emigration of families who met their criteria], one daughter stayed in England [but later emigrated to the Scranton Area] and one daughter came to Johnstown with the family. Supposedly there was a son who died in the Civil War, but I couldn't find him. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Ellen <[email protected]> To: pacambri <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Aug 2, 2011 8:45 am Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Prospect In my younger days (late 1950s or 1960s?) I recall Prospect as being a rather un down area, at least from the main street through the area on the way to owntown Johnstown and crossing the l-shaped bridge behind the Penn Traffic tore and Bethlehem office building. I believe that even in those days the rospect elementary school was empty (??? or else run down like the rest of the rea). I also recall an accident where a freight truck lost its brakes and olled over in Prospect, I believe killing several children that it rolled on. hat incident always comes to mind when I hear Harry Chapin's song about 40,000 ounds of bananas. I left Johnstown in 1970 when I married and moved away, so except for brief isits to my parents' home after that, all of my memories are pre 1970. We often rove through Prospect returning from my grandparents home. Ellen --------- ate: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:49:21 -0400 rom: [email protected] ubject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Prospect o: [email protected] , [email protected] essage-ID: < [email protected] > ontent-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" t one time it was a place where the wealthy lived originally. Prospect is built on a hill above the city where steel executives lived above he smoke and stench of the growing steel industry in the valley. Dave - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: ttp://www.camgenpa.com/ ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message