September 13, 2026
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Harriet Quimby
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As a person always looking for new life challenges, she was the first woman to cross the English Channel by air. In March 1912, she sailed for England to meet Louis Blériot, a French flyer with a then international reputation. Quimby managed to convince Blériot to lend her a 50-horsepower monoplane for an attempt to…
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April 29, 2025 1 Comment
In the world today, we are told to make room for progress. Well, here’s a story about a place that didn’t want to progress. The preservation committee won the battle with the progress committee. Camp Sagamore continues to be what it was, but for a much different demographic.