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Travel in Time with Dan 54: Interview with Dr. James Naismith, the Father of Basketball

Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 54: A Fictional Interview with Dr. James Naismith, the Father of Basketball Travel in Time with Dan | New Britain YMCA, New Britain, Connecticut ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Dr. James Naismith (1861–1939) was a Canadian-American physical education instructor who invented the game […]

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Travel in Time with Dan 53: Interview with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Aboard the USS Iowa

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 53: A Fictional Interview with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Aboard the USS Iowa Travel in Time with Dan | USS Iowa, Atlantic Ocean, in route to the Tehran Conference ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) was the 32nd President of

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Travel in Time with Dan 52: Interview with Alvah Crocker II, the Man Behind Crocker Field

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 52: A Fictional Interview with Alvah Crocker II, the Man Behind Crocker Field, the “Cathedral of Excellence” Travel in Time with Dan | Crocker Field, Fitchburg, Massachusetts ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Alvah Crocker II was a real American paper industry magnate who,

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Travel in Time with Dan 51: Interview with Typhoid Mary

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 51: A Fictional Interview with Mary Mallon, Known to the World as Typhoid Mary Travel in Time with Dan | North Brother Island, East River, New York ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Mary Mallon (1869–1938), known to the press as “Typhoid Mary,” was

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Travel in Time with Dan 50: Interview with Robert Goddard, the Father of Modern Rocketry

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 50: A Fictional Interview with Robert Goddard, the Father of Modern Rocketry Travel in Time with Dan | Pakachoag Farm, Auburn, Massachusetts ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Robert H. Goddard (1882–1945) was a real American physicist, engineer, and inventor widely regarded as the

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 60: Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire: The Little City with a Global Legacy Portsmouth, New Hampshire, might seem like a quiet coastal destination, but its history reveals a “little city with a big influence” that has shaped the course of American and world history. Settled in 1623, it stands as one of the oldest European settlements in

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 59: Frederic Tudor’s Ice Empire

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The Ice King: How a “Ridiculous” Idea Created a Global Empire In the early-to-mid 1800s, if you told someone you planned to get rich by shipping frozen water thousands of miles across the ocean, they wouldn’t just laugh. They would think you were crazy. Yet, that is exactly what Frederic Tudor, the man who

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 58: Pilgrim Monument Provincetown

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The Untold Story of the Pilgrims: Why Provincetown was the Real First Stop Most people believe the story of the Pilgrims begins and ends with Plymouth Rock, but if you want the full history, you have to travel to the very tip of Cape Cod. In a recent episode of Travel in Time with

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 57: The Great Molasses Flood 1919

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The Sticky Tragedy: Lessons from Boston’s Great Molasses Flood of 1919 Have you ever visited a baseball field and realized you were standing on the site of one of the most bizarre and avoidable catastrophes in American history? Today, Lagone Park in Boston looks like a typical community spot, but beneath the ground lies

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 56: Mercy Brown – New England Vampire Panic

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Fear, Folklore, and the Frozen Ground: The Tragedy of Mercy Brown In the quiet town of Exeter, Rhode Island, lies a relic of a dark chapter in American history: the New England Vampire Panic. Standing in the Chestnut Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, one can find the final resting place of Mercy Brown, a young

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