Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American federal judge who, as the first commissioner of organized professional baseball, was noted for his uncompromising measures against persons guilty of dishonesty or other conduct he regarded as damaging to the sport. He was named for a mountain near Atlanta, Ga.,
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Evanston residents have a newly reopened park to enjoy this fall. McCulloch Park in northwest Evanston is now open to the public after over a year of COVID-19-related renovation delays. The 1.7 acre park was originally scheduled to reopen in August 2020 after repairs to replace aging playground equipment. According to the city, McCulloch Park.
After the Civil War, Henrietta Wood made history by pursuing an audacious lawsuit against the man who’d kidnapped her back into slavery. Yet the story was lost to her own family.