Midwest

Everyone knows about "The Drive," but do you know about the ORIGINAL Drive that took place one week earlier?

Green Bay's football team is the second-oldest pro club in America after the Cardinals. They hold the distinction having played the longest in one city than any other pro football team in the U.S. and are one the league's most storied franchises.

Who knows better than a skunk that smoking stinks?

The Hill neighborhood in St. Louis is bounded by Manchester Avenue (Route 100) on the north, Columbia and Southwest Avenues on the south, South Kingshighway Boulevard on the east, and Hampton Avenue on the west. It has a predominantly Italian American population and is...

The Prize Movie??was a fixture on Cleveland TV for close to two decades. Hosted by popular radio personality John Lanigan, it ran weekday afternoons on Channel 43. During breaks in the afternoon movie, Lanigan would draw a name to find a contestant whom he...

The Lumberjacks moved to Cleveland in 1992 from Muskegon, MI as the Internationl Hockey League (IHL) sought to place teams in bigger markets. The Jacks, as they were also known, began play in 1960 as the Zephyrs, then became the Mohawks in 1965. From...

Cotton Club Bottling began in 1902 as Miller and Becker Bottlers. In addition to bottling its own flavors under the Cotton Club name, the company was also the Northeast Ohio bottler for Royal Crown (RC) Cola, Diet Rite, Vernors, Squirt, Hires, Schwepps, Evian, and...

Galyan's Trading Company was a beloved American sporting goods chain founded in Plainfield, Indiana that featured rock climbing walls, golf simulators, and archery ranges.

Known for the Tee Pee that sat a top its buildings, this restaurant was an Indianapolis institution for nearly 50 years. All 3 locations of the Tee Pee restaurant closed in 1978.

The Captain's Steak Joynt was a chain of restaurants in Greater Milwaukee from the late '60s through the early '90s. The first location opened as Marc's Steakhouse, and the name changed several times, from Marc's to the Captain's Steak Joynt to simply The Captain's.

The Boy Blue chain of soft-serve stands was a Milwaukee institution for many years, from the 1950's until the 1990's.

The Front Row Theater opened in July of 1974 on Mayfield Road in Highland Heights, just off I-271. A theater in the round, it featured a rotating stage and seating for 3,200. It closed in 1993.

After 10 years of serving Dayton patrons with bar food at Talegators Pub & Grill, the sports bar's location at 6270 Far Hills Ave., closed in 2013.

Founded in Syracuse in 1962, the Braves of the Eastern Professional Hockey League moved to St. Louis halfway through their first season. The farm team of the Chicago Black Hawks, they went on to win the championship, only to watch the league fold. The...

The Marcos were a Negro league baseball team from Dayton that played mostly as an independent team from around 1910 until the start of World War II. In 1920 and 1926 they played in the Negro National League. *Design is officially licensed from the...

Stix, Baer & Fuller was a department store chain based in St. Louis. Founded in 1892, it was absorbed by Dillard's department store in 1984.

For their final season, the Chicago Rockets of the AAFC were known as the Hornets. When the league merged with the NFL after the 1949 season, the Hornets players were divided between the Bears and, the then Chicago, Cardinals of the NFL.

Standard Oil of Ohio operated gas station's in its home state under the Sohio name. In the surrounding states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan, the stations were called Boron.?? ??

Rudy, the official mascot of the University of Dayton athletics, proudly represents the school's sports teams, as well as the city's aviation heritage. CN5706

Johnny Bench's Home Plate Restaurant opened in the mid '70s at the corner of Colerain and Springdale Avenues near Northgate Mall. In 1977, Johnny Bench's Homestretch opened in Florence. Homestretch closed late in 1978, and Home Plate shut down a few months later when??Frisch's...