Friday
Feb292008
Morley's dog
Friday, February 29, 2008 at 10:12AM 
Morley's Dog is a Victorian-era statue that was washed away in the great Johnstown flood of 1889, but was recovered in the flood debris at the stone bridge after the flood and eventually donated to the city. Since then, Morley's Dog has become a beloved Johnstown icon.
He did not depict a real dog or hero who rescued a child from the flood, although there are stories of such a dog. In the book "The Fairytale of the Morley Dog", the dog is claimed to be seen saving children from the flood waters. Some now take this to be fact.
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