In April of 1860 the J.R. Grant Leather & Saddlery Hardware store at 145 Main Street in Galena, Illinois, welcomed…
This article originally appeared in the August 2022 special edition insert “A Perfect Game,” produced by the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald and…
The following article first appeared in the Fall 2022 edition of the Society of American Baseball Research’s (SABR) Baseball Research…
This is a video clip of baseball Hall of Famer Urban “Red” Faber who was born in Cascade, Iowa, and…
July 4, 1863, is one of the most critical days in our nation’s history. As critical as July 4, 1776!…
Charlie Finley had been looking for a magic bullet to turn his baseball club into a money-making winner for several…
For the past 50 years a popular postcard image believed to have been taken between 1910 and 1912 has long…
This photograph of Urban “Red” Faber was released to news agencies in June of 1923 by International Newsreel Photo after…
The following article first appeared in the Spring 2020 edition of the Society for American Baseball Research’s (SABR) Baseball Research…
With the explosive crack of the assassin’s Derringer pistol, Major Henry Rathbone jumped to his feet in an effort to…