- October 2026
- Issue 027
South Bend had been founded on the fur trade and a special place on North America's aquatic highway. By the 1830s, the fur trade had collapsed and acquatic commutes weren't far behind. The city was going to need a new road if it was going to survive. Fortunately, a new road was coming.
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In October 1926, Babe Ruth hit a home run in South Bend that is alleged to be among the longest in the history of the sport? A century later, did we find the baseball bat he hit it with?
The small wood-hewn cabin stands as an attraction, and not at the same place where it was originally built. It feels like a story you've heard before... but this cabin is in Toledo.
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