- July 2026
- Issue 024
During the 1830s, the nation was afflicted with Canal Fever, and in Indiana, the diagnosis would nearly prove to be terminal. The state approved a massive spending bill to dig the largest canal on the continent.
And then no one really used it.
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Gene Fodge seemed destined for the big leagues after a dominant high school career, but his path to Wrigley Field had many detours, including Texas, Wisconsin... and Korea.
In 1889, the United States convened the largest international delegation in its history. They made a whirlwind tour of the nation, and for one historic day, they stopped in South Bend.
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