Melody of My Heart Author:Carrie Bender "What a chilly, rainy week this has been the rain's still coming down in torrents. After supper...I dashed down to Paxton's store for a spool of thread. A few old-timers were seated around the pot-belly stove. Old Mr. Benner said "Well now, this might just be the night the old dam is going to break" and the others all laug... more »hed. Someone else said, "The dam's supposed to break every year, but so far, it hasn't been very co-operative."
Every spring the Little Conemaugh River and the Stony Creek River run high with the melted snow and rains. People talk about the city of Johnstown being washed away if the dam up on Lake Conemaugh should give way. Johanna and her sister have been taught God's hand is in everything. Johanna's Journal isn't only about the Johnstown flood, it's about a young woman's hopes and dreams.« less