The Sixties

The Kentucky Colonels were a professional basketball team that played in the American Basketball Association from 1967 until 1976, first at the Convention Center, now known as the Gardens, and later at Freedom Hall. The team had the highest winning percentage of any franchise...

What could be more convenient? Drive up to the little booth, drop off your film, come back the next day and see your pictures. Mail them to friends and family! Established in the early 1960s in Southern California, Fotomat grew to over 4,000 locations...

Home to hockey's Penguins from 1967 to 2010, the Civic Arena was nicknamed "The Igloo." It was also home to the ABA's Pipers and Condors in the late '60s and early '70s, as well as the indoor soccer Spirit in the '80s and the...

Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille was Pittsburgh's horror TV host from 1964 to 1983 on WIIC, Channel 11 (now WPXI). Like many such personalities across the country, Cardille had other jobs at the TV station and took the movie host job as a side gig....

Established in 1888, the Houston Buffaloes were the city's minor league baseball team until the Major League Houston Colt .45s began play in the spring of 1962. The team played in the AA Texas League for most of its existence, moving up to the...

Opened in 1956, Metropolitan stadium was built in the hopes of attracting a Major League Baseball team and also, possibly, a National Football League (NFL) team to Minnesota. The AAA Minneapolis Millers played there from 1956 through 1959. In 1960, the Washington Senators moved...

The??Dallas Chaparrals were charter members of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967. Though successful on the court, the team drew poorly. In 1973, the team was acquired by a group of San Antonio businessmen in a deal that gave them a three-year option...

The Pottstown Firebirds were members of the Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL). A minor league founded in 1962, the ACFL served as a farm system of sorts for the NFL and AFL, with the Firebirds supplying players to the Philadelphia Eagles. In 1970, the...

The Dallas Tornado soccer team was a charter member of the United Soccer Association (USA) in 1967. In 1968, the team, along with the rest of the USA, merged with the National Soccer League (NSL) to form the North American Soccer League (NASL). One...

The Virginia Squires were an American Basketball Association??team based in Norfolk, VA. Founded as the Oakland Oaks in 1967, the team moved to Washington, D.C., in 1970 and were renamed the Caps. They moved across the Potomac the following year to become the Squires....

The Minnesota Moose were members of the International Hockey League (IHL) and played for two seasons in the Twin Cities. The team was founded a year after the NHL North Stars moved to Dallas, leaving the area without professional hockey for the first time...

The Atlanta Crackers were a minor league baseball team that played in Georgia's capital from 1901 until the arrival of the Braves from Milwaukee in 1965. Their home for most of that time was Ponce de Leon Park. They played their final season in...

The Virginia Squires were an American Basketball Association??team based in Norfolk, VA. Founded as the Oakland Oaks in 1967, the team moved to Washington, D.C., in 1970. They moved across the Potomac the following year to become the Squires. Their most famous players were...

Opened in 1912 as Navin Field, Briggs Stadium was the home of the Detroit Tigers. In 1938, it was renamed Briggs Stadium, a name it kept until 1961 when it became Tiger Stadium.

Based in Anaheim, California, the Surf played in the old North American Soccer League??(NASL) from 1978 to 1981. The team began as the St. Louis Stars??in 1968. In edition to playing four seasons at Anaheim Stadium, the club played two seasons in the NASL's...

Musicland was founded in Minneapolis in 1955.?? In 1964, it merged with music distributor JL Marsh followed by merger in 1968 with record label and distributor Pickwick International. In 1977, American Can Company bought Pickwick and a year later, famed New York record store...

The Spirits of St. Louis played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1974 to 1976. They began as the Houston Mavericks in 1967 and became the Carolina Cougars in 1969, before moving to St. Louis. Their most notable player was probably Marvin "Bad...

The St. Louis Hawks began as the Buffalo Bisons in the National Basketball League (NBL) in 1946. After just one month in Western New York, the team moved to Moline, IL and became the Tri-City Blackhawks. The team became part of the National Basketball...

The??Dallas Chaparrals were charter members of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967. Though successful on the court, the team drew poorly. In 1973, the team was acquired by a group of San Antonio businessmen in a deal that gave them a three-year option...

Wetson's, like many hamburger joints founded in the 1960s, was inspired by the rapid success of McDonald's. At it's peak, it had over 70 locations in the New York Metropolitan area, as well as a few in California.

The Denver Rockets, first known as the Denver Larks, were charter members of the American Basketball Association in 1967. Originally awarded to Kansas City, the franchise was shifted to Colorado when an arena lease could not be secured in Missouri. Kansas City would eventually...

Mississippi River Festival, or MRF, was an outdoor concert series held from 1969 to 1980 on the campus of Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois. Many top performers of the day appeared. The run ended when the university asked the new promoter to bring in classical...

The Last Exit on Brooklyn was a coffeehouse established in 1967 pioneering Seattle's counter culture movement as well as the city's coffee culture. It moved from its original location in 1993 to The Ave and closed in 2000.

Sportsman's Park was the name of several separate ball parks in St. Louis. All but one stood at Dodier Street and Grand Blvd. The final version of the park was home to both the city's NL and AL baseball clubs. The AL team left...

Nearly 10 million people attended the Century 21 Exposition, also known as the Seattle World's Fair which ran from April 21 to October 21, 1962. Many of the buildings from the exposition remain in use today as does the famous monorail and, of course,...

The Kingdome was planned as far back as the late 60's as part of the effort to bring Major League Baseball to Seattle. In 1969, the Pilots came and went after one season, playing at old Sick's Stadium as plans for the dome stalled....

Remember Cleveland's only NHL team? The Barons began as the Oakland Seals in 1967, later becoming the California Golden Seals. In 1976, the team moved to Cleveland and took the name of the city's old beloved American Hockey League team, the Barons. They played...

The Kansas City Monarchs are probably the most famous Negro league team of all time and were certainly the longest lasting. Even after the color barrier had been broken in Major League Baseball by Jackie Robinson (a former Monarch), the team continued on, barnstorming...

The St. Louis Stars played in the original North American Soccer League from 1968 to 1977. The Stars fielded mostly American players, many from the St. Louis area. In their final season in St. Louis, they drew nearly 10,000 fans per game. However, they...

The original American Basketball Association (ABA) was founded in 1967 as a challenger to the established NBA. After fierce competition between the two for fans and players, 4 ABA teams were absorbed by the NBA in 1976. The Kentucky Colonels, the league's most successful...