Generations of Somerset County residents have told tales of seven devils, a hidden treasure secreted away in the hills of Jenner Township and one man’s attempts to claim the riches
Armed with almost unlimited power as Johnstown’s mayor and magistrate, Joseph Cauffiel had been issuing ruthless punishments to Black people for years by 1923.
Sometime back in the 1990s, Mary Carol “Butchie” Edwards read a column in The Tribune-Democrat about the 1923 Rosedale incident and, much to her surprise, saw the name “Joseph Grachan.”
Johnstown Mayor Joseph Cauffiel rose to power a century ago as a sort of Rust Belt revivalist. Yet he was already mired in controversy by the time he made his
Sometime back in the 1990s, Mary Carol “Butchie” Edwards read a column in The Tribune-Democrat about the 1923 Rosedale incident and, much to her surprise, saw the name “Joseph Grachan.”