A Bend in Time
by The History Museum
Latest episode
Series 08-04: The Kangaroo Kicker
Series 08-04: The Kangaroo Kicker
About this podcast
The History Museum proudly presents “A Bend in Time,” a new podcast of curated histories of the greater South Bend, Indiana area.
Hosted by Aaron Helman, the newest series, ”Street Names, Vol. 1” explores the map of St. Joseph County and the origins of many of the streets that we travel daily. From political heroes, university legends, and civil war heroes, to French explorers and original pioneers, there is a surprising amount of history in our very city roads. Did you know that Brick, Day, and Ireland roads are all named for historic people? Or that our county has only had three streets named after African American individuals? Learn about all these and more in this new series.
Visit https://www.historymuseumsb.org/see-do/a-bend-in-time/ for more information!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 60 episodes
- Series 08-04: The Kangaroo Kicker · 18 min · Season 8 Episode 4Episode 4: The Kangaroo Kicker Pat O'Dea came to America from Australia to go to school and instead became the most famous football player in the western half of the country — a…
- Series 08-03: Frank Hering · 21 min · Season 8 Episode 3Episode 3: Frank Hering In 1896, a 22-year-old showed up at Notre Dame to captain the team, play quarterback, and coach it — all at once — and the university paid him in cuts of…
- Series 08-02: The In-Between Years · 22 min · Season 8 Episode 2Episode 2: The In-Between Years After winning their first game against another college in 1889, Notre Dame football simply vanished — two full seasons with no opponents, no…
- Series 08-01: The Game They Didn't Know How To Play · 20 min · Season 8 Episode 1Episode 1: The Game They Didn't Know How to Play In November 1887, the University of Michigan came to South Bend to play Notre Dame's first-ever football game — except Notre Dame…
- Series 07-08: Famous Firsts · 17 min · Season 7 Episode 8Episode 8: Coquillard's Folly This final episode rounds up the milestones that turned a handful of cabins into a real town: Horatio Chapin's dry goods store, Sunday school, and…
- Series 07-07: The Trail of Death · 21 min · Season 7 Episode 7Episode 7: The Trail of Death As the region's new settlements grew, the desire for land grew with it. The land, however, was already occupied. Most of the area's native peoples…
- Series 07-06: Coquillard's Folly · 17 min · Season 7 Episode 6Episode 6: Coquillard's Folly Canal Fever swept the nation after the Erie Canal turned Buffalo mud into New York gold, and Alexis Coquillard caught it bad. With the fur trade…
- Series 07-05: The First Census · 22 min · Season 7 Episode 5Episode 5: The First Census By 1831, South Bend is a real town of about 163 people, and this episode goes door to door to meet them: the innkeeper who built the courthouse, the…
- Series 07-04: Southold · 18 min · Episode 10Episode 4: Southold Follow Coquillard and Taylor from fur traders to town-builders: the swamp that rerouted Michigan Road straight through South Bend, the baffling choice of…
- Series 07-03: Fur Traders · 21 min · Season 7 Episode 3Episode 3: Fur Traders Alexis Coquillard takes over Pierre Navarre's post in 1823, and a young rival, Lathrop Miner Taylor, arrives four years later. Learn how John Jacob Astor…
- Series 07-02: Indiana · 22 min · Season 7 Episode 2Episode 2: Indiana South Bend almost wasn't Indiana at all. When the Northwest Ordinance drew the territory's northern boundary, the future river bend sat squarely inside…
- Series 07-01: The Portage · 20 min · Season 7 Episode 1Episode 1: The Portage Twelve thousand years before Pierre Navarre built his cabin on the St. Joseph River, retreating glaciers carved a three-to-five-mile gap between two of the…
- Series 06-08: Revolutionaries · 20 min · Season 6 Episode 8Episode 8: Revolutionaries In 1776, the United States' Founding Fathers launched a revolution. 250 years later, they're still here. They've been carved into marble and mountains…
- Series 06-07: Original People · 20 min · Season 6 Episode 7Episode 7: Original People Depending on who's telling it, South Bend's story usually begins with the early fur traders coming to set up shop. But they came here because people…
- Series 06-06: Civil War Figures · 20 min · Season 6 Episode 6Episode 6: Civil War Figures After the outbreak of war in 1861, President Lincoln issued a call for 75,000 volunteers from the loyal northern states. Proud South Benders marched…
- Series 06-05: African American Heroes · 17 min · Season 6 Episode 5Episode 5: African American Heroes As you walk, drive, or bike through St. Joseph County, you'll find roads named for trees, flowers, national heroes, and local figures…
- Series 06-04: Original Pioneers · 22 min · Season 6 Episode 4Episode 4: Original Pioneers When you travel down Ireland Road, do you think of the green fields of Ireland? Or perhaps of the Fighting Irish? Think again! Samuel Irvin Houston…
- Series 06-03: University Legends · 21 min · Season 6 Episode 3Episode 3: University Legends You might know the story behind Rockne Boulevard or Sorin Street, but did you know the stones in Notre Dame's Grotto paid for a family’s mortgage?…
- Series 06-02: Forgotten Political Figures · 18 min · Episode 9Episode 2: Forgotten Political Figures Driving down Brick Road or Sample Street, one assumes their common names are references former brick pavers, or perhaps a free sample of…
- Series 06-01: Lathrop, Miner, Taylor · 20 min · Season 6 Episode 1Episode 1: Lathrop, Miner, Taylor Join us as on A Bend In Time as we travel across South Bend to find the stories behind the names of Lathrop Street, Miner Street, and Taylor…
