https://insidejohnstown.com/ An independent guide to Johnstown, Colorado: Parish Avenue, the parks, the sugar-town history, and what it’s like to move to one of the fastest-growing towns in the country. en-us Fri, 18 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT https://insidejohnstown.com/articles/johnstown-history/ https://insidejohnstown.com/articles/johnstown-history/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT A rancher who bought land at eleven dollars an acre ahead of the railroad and named the town for his sick son, a sugar factory that ran 75 years, a meteorite that interrupted a funeral, and a farm town that doubled in a decade. The short history of Johnstown, with each claim resting on a source. History