- August 2024
- Issue 001
In 1926, Babe Ruth & His All Stars came to Playland Park for a two-game tilt with the South Bend Indians. The contest did not disappoint, and if the rumors are true, Ruth hit a homer more than 600 feet and halfway to the St. Joseph River.
Nearly a century later, the history and mystery of the homer and its aftermath still summon more questions than answers.
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Joseph Bartlett was decended from revolutionaries, was an unabashed abolitionist, and helped deliver the first cracker press to South Bend. His home is still standing and his story should be told.
Singapore, Michigan is the site of one of the nation's most significant and most preventable environmental disasters. Aaron Helman visits the beach that literally swallowed an entire town and wonders if we've learned anything.
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