by Criswell | May 1, 2020 | Amazing Americans
Willis Carrier: A Very Cool Inventor… In 1902, fresh out of college, a young man named Willis Carrier went to work in Buffalo, New York at a company that made equipment for factories. Within a few years, he had invented something he called, “An Apparatus for...
by Criswell | Apr 30, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People, Historic Events, Inventions
The Wright Brothers and Their High-Flying Invention The gentlemen picture here are Orville and Wilbur Wright, two mechanically-minded brothers who invented the first successful powered airplane. In 1889, the brothers built a small printing press and started a weekly...
by Criswell | Apr 30, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People, Women in History
Harriet Tubman: An American Hero In 1820, Harriet Tubman was born into slavery on a plantation in Maryland. When she was 19, she used something called “the Underground Railroad” to escape to Pennsylvania, a state where slavery was illegal. Actually, the...
by Criswell | Apr 30, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People, Sports
James Naismith: The Inventor of Basketball In 1891, while he was teaching at the YMCA training school in Springfield, Massachusetts, James Naismith received instructions from his boss. Naismith was given 14 days to come up with an indoor game that students could play...
by Criswell | Apr 30, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Women in History
Ida B. Wells: She Fought for Fairness It took courage for Ida B. Wells to speak out against hate and prejudice, but that’s exactly what she did. Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862. Her parents were slaves, so she was a slave, too. But before...
by Criswell | Apr 30, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People, Sports
Babe Ruth: He Had Lots of Home Runs (and Lots of Strikeouts, Too) Babe Ruth was, without question, one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Babe began his Major League Baseball career as a 19-year-old pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He was one of the best...
