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Cartoon depicts two man fighting over a turkey
HISTORY

The 1891-1892 Great Turkey War of Penn Township

Bad neighbors, stolen turkeys, and courtroom drama that kept St. Joseph County enthralled for weeks and months on end. Joshua Lange takes inside the foul affair that was Penn Township's Great Turkey War.

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HISTORY
SPORTS

Thanksgiving Football in South Bend: 1896

Gravestone of Irvin Lydick
HISTORY

The Bonkers Story of How Lydick Got Its Name

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HISTORY
SPORTS

Revisiting Notre Dame's Biggest Blowout

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A photograph from an old scrapbook that catalogs movies in South Bend
HISTORY

South Bend Movie Memories Found in a $1 Scrapbook

When he discovered an old and weathered scrapbook at the bottom of a box of old books, Ken Bradford knew he'd uncovered a treasure. Join him for this cinematic trip back in time.

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HISTORY

The Christmas Day Soaking of Studebaker and Colfax

When John Studebaker and Schuyler Colfax disagreed about how South Bend should built its waterworks, they made a bet that turned out very wet.

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