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YMCA

  • It is a well-known fact that Dr. James Naismith invented the game of basketball in December of 1891 because his students in Massachusetts needed a way to…
  • In 1844, Englishman George Williams was concerned about the lack of activities for young men who came to the cities looking for work. The only activities…
  • In September of 1917, the North Dakota Regiments left the state to the training camps in the East. They found comfort there in the YMCA huts in the large…