Upon This Quiet Life

We’re back in Ruppert Stadium today for the climactic seventh game of our series between the 1936 Newark Eagles and the 1936 New York...

Private Joel Henry Hardin was born in Oldham County, Kentucky on December 18, 1838, the son of Warner Hardin and Catherine Ann Hitt. A...

Today, we’re back in New York’s Ruppert Stadium for Game 6, and it’s a rematch of Game 3 – Roosevelt Davis to the mound for New York in a...

Private John Green was born in Ireland and was a twenty-three-year-old farmer when he enlisted. Green was 5’7 ¾”, with a light...

We’re back at Municipal Stadium in Freeport, New York for Game 5 of our latest Simulated 1936 Negro League Playoff Series. The pitchers...

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, November 17, 1899 Miss Kidder in Dual Role Vladimir de Facheammn Great Chopin Recital at Liederkranz...

Edward Green was a twenty-nine-year-old carpenter, born in Shelby County, Kentucky, the son of Edward James Green and Sarah W. Daughtery....

Today, we’re back at Ruppert Stadium for Game 4 in our latest playoff series. After Newark won the first two games, the New York Black...

Thomas Goodman was born in South Carolina. Although Goodman told the mustering officer he was eighteen years old when he enlisted,...

We’re back for Game 3 of our latest simulated playoff series, and it’s a must-win for the New York Black Yankees as the scene shifts to...

James L. Gill was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, the son of Jediah W. Gill and Louisiana A. Dale. He was twenty-three when he enlisted....

After Newark took Game 1, we’re back at Municipal Stadium in Freeport, New York for Game 2 of our latest Simulated 1936 Negro League...

From the Louisville Daily Courier, April 9, 1861 (right below an ad: “Wonderful for Hooping Cough”) William Shakespeare can be seen...

Thomas W. Gardner was born in Middlesex County, Virginia around 1835, the son of James and Jannette D. Gardner. He was a bricklayer when...

Today, we’re at the Municipal Stadium in Freeport, New York, home field of the New York Black Yankees, for Game 1 of our next 1936...

Massina Willard Fontaine was born in Louisville on August 17, 1839, the son of Massina Fontaine Sr. and Malitta Pomeroy. He was a jeweler...

Shortly, we’ll be beginning the next second round wild card series – the Newark Eagles vs. the New York Black Yankees. The Eagles boast...

Cyrus Finley was born in Shelby County, Kentucky on October 18, 1828, the son of Andrew Finley and Icyphenia Younger. He married Jane...

We’ve moved to New York’s Dyckman Oval for Game 3 of the 1936 Wild Card Series, the Chicago American Giants vs. the New York Cubans. The...

Theatre- This evening Mr. and Mrs. Wallack make their last appearance and take a farewell benefit. The play selected for the occasion is...