Beyond Our Dreams chronology

**Beyond Our Dreams** - An extended timeline of the series -

## Pre-Series History

* c. 1770s - Ancestors of the Hedisons arrive in Boston, Massachusetts before moving to NYC
* 1787 - Nicholas Adams founds Adam's Lake (modern Ashford Falls)
* 1780s-1790s - Gabriel Hedison surveys much of Upstate New York
* 1790 - Gabriel Hedison passes close to Adam's Lake; he might have been a guest of Nicholas Adams
* 1800 - Catholic missionaries arrive in the area and start the Limestone Quarries
* 1820 - Old Limestone Quarries closed
* 1840 - Gun factory built near Adam's Falls
* 1860 - Original Ashford Falls Courthouse built
* c. 1860s-1870s - Franklin Hedison runs illegal guns and contraband to and from Canada
* 1867 - Howard Crutcher first mayor of Ashford Falls
* c. 1870 - Franklin Hedison re-routes train route from Mill City to Ashford Falls
* c. 1880 - Lincoln Hedison born
* 1885 - Gage Winchester born
* 1900-1920s - Lincoln Hedison reverses his family legacy with several real estate ventures in Ashford Falls
* 1906 - Gage Winchester founds Winchester

* 1908 - Winchester Hotel opens
* 1917 - Carter Hedison born
* c. 1920 - Nate Featherstone born
* 1924 - Dash Andrews born in Chicago
* 1925 - Naomi Hedison born
* c. 1925 - Gage meets Charlotte Archer
* 1926 - Fletcher DuBois born in Collinsport, Maine
* 1927 - Maury Gifford born
* 1928 - Monica Hedison born
* 1930 - Gabe Kirkwood born in Fall River, Massachusetts
	+ Jack Gates born in New York City
	+ Louise DuBois born in Ashford Falls
* 1933 - The Hedison Family is devastated by the Great Depression and move to Ashford Falls/Carter Hedison and his brother separate as par of an unrevealed argument
* 1938 - Winchester becomes a town
* 1939 - Howard Marcus replaces Charles Trout at the Winchester Hotel
	+ World War Two begins; Carter Hedison serves in the Armed Forces
* 1940 - Hedison Mansion built
* 1940s - Naomi Hedison and Anna Waverly attend Ashford Falls High School; Edward Ashworth starts working at the Hedison Mansion
* 1942 - Charlotte (Archer) Winchester passes away
* 1945 - Elizabeth Woods and Bradley Larabee born
	+ Carter Hedison shot down in the Philippines
* 1946 - New Ashford Falls County Courthouse built
	+ Fletcher DuBois meets Louise MacElroy
* 1950 - Dr. Paul Kirkwood born in Westbridge, Massachusetts
* 1953 - Ashford Falls High School rebuilt after a fire

* 1955 - Carter Hedison makes his fortune as a millionaire, founding Hedison Pharmaceutical
* 1957 - William Samuelson born out of wedlock in Albany, New York
* 1957 - Tricia Caldwell born in Ashford Falls
* 1958 - Carter Hedison meets Monica Winchester at her father's hotel/Angelique Martin passes away
	+ Paul Kirkwood's parent's divorce
	+ Jack Gates attends Fordham University
* 1959 - Carter and Monica get married; his nephew, Bradley, becomes an older brother to Ty
	+ Bud Mason is born in New York City
	+ Blake Hedison born in Ashford Falls
	+ Fletcher DuBois gets a job at BioMart Medical in Albany; he marries Louise MacElroy
* 1960 - Births of Rachel Hedison, Janet DuBois, Helen Caldwell, Len Snedeker, Daniel Featherstone, David Truman and Melissa Strickland
	+ Bradley Larabee attends college
* 1965 - Len Snedeker loses his father; he moves to live with his aunt and cousins
	+ Samantha Troy turns up as a nanny in Ashford Falls
	+ Maury Gifford encounters Leonard Pike and Otto Meyer as well as the children of Howard Marcus
	+ Louise Fletcher reunited with Lisa Caldwell
* 1967 - Ty Hedison lashes out with a fire at the Hedison Mansion; he is sent to the Edmonds School for Wayward Boys where Bradley visits him
	+ Maggie Winters born
	+ Nate Featherstone acquires the old Winchester lumberyards and limestone quarries
	+ William Malloy murdered by Matthew Morgan in Collinsport, Maine
* 1968 - Tricia Caldwell stars in "Forever Town" with Dean Reeves
* 1969 - Gage Winchester passes away
	+ Monica Winchester faces the deterioration of her marriage
* 1970 - Monica leaves Carter for England, taking Rachel and Blake with her, but Dash andrews abducts Blake for Carter
	+ Paul Kirkwood attends Boston Medical College
* 1972 - David Truman and Bud Mason attend Erasmus High School in New York City
* 1973 - Ty Hedison and Bud Mason at Edmonds School for Wayward Boys; Paul Kirkwood attends Harvard Medical School
* 1975 - Monica Woods born
	+ Blake attends the Caldwell School For Boys
	+ Louise DuBois passes away; her funeral is attended by Lisa Caldwell and Monica Hedison
	+ Fletcher DuBois takes a job teaching at Ashford Falls High School
	+ Jack Gates begins his business career in New York City
	+ Paul Kirkwood at All Saints Hospital in New York City; Helen Caldwell works at Ludlow's Candy Shop in Ashford Falls
* 1975 - Monica returns to Ashford Falls seeking reconciliation with Carter; she pulls Blake out of private school and places him in Ashford Falls High School along with Rachel, Janet DuBois, Helen Caldwell and Maddie Harrington
* 1976 - Carolyn Woods born
* 1976-1985 - Maury Gifford lives in Phoenix, Arizona
* 1977 - Tricia Caldwell and Maddie Harringon start jobs as stewardesses at Lemp Field
* 1979 - Lionel Creekmore begins his two terms as Mayor of Ashford Falls
	+ Tricia Caldwell dates Gabe Jameson

* 1980 - Blake Hedison attends college with Caitlin Featherstone at Western Connecticut University; Len Snedeker and Russell Coleman work at Coleman's Repair Shop
	+ Marcia Caldwell and Jason Pryde born in Ashford Falls
	+ Danny Featherstone starts racing cars in Winchester
	+ Carter begins deals to try and acquire Biomart Medical Group
	+ David Truman attends police training school
* 1980-1984 - Helen Caldwell at Samaritan House Nursing School; Janet DuBois attends Ashford Falls Christian Normal with Samantha Troy and Deborah Nordoff
* 1982 - Ty Hedison and Bud Mason attend Ardmore Sanitarium which they later escape; Mason becomes an informant to Dash Andrews in Albany
	+ Dr. Elizabeth Freeling begins her tenure at Ashford Falls Community General Hospital
* 1983 - Frank Latimer returns to Ashford Falls
* 1984 - Carter Hedison and Dash Andrews form their alliance; Helen Caldwell works at St. Luke's Hospital in Albany
	+ Coleman's Garage on the square closes down
* 1985 - Lou Riley appears in Ashford Falls on behalf of Carter Hedison
* 1986 - Old Ashford Falls Courthouse converted into a hospital; Helen Caldwell now works in hospital in Utica
	+ Carter Hedison begins buying up stocks in BioMart
	+ Blake Hedison and Caitlin Featherstone begin dating
* 1987 - Carl Griggs begins his two terms as mayor of Ashford Falls
	+ Dash Andrews implicates Carl Switzer of a crime on behalf of Carter Hedison
	+ Naomi Hedison sells Ludlow's Candy Shop to Dr. Alan Fairwood
	+ Dr. Elizabeth Freeling and Janet DuBois appear at Ashford Falls Community General Hospital
	+ Rachel loses her car in Ashford Falls Scenic Lookout; Sheriff Lionel Taft recommends a judge strip away her driver's license; The Chauffeur first appears

## Season One 1986-1987

* Dr. Paul Kirkwood arrives in Ashford Falls to replace Dr. Albert Waverly as Chief Physician

* Blake and Caitlin make plans to get married; Danny Featherstone disapproves of the relationship
* First Appearance of Dash Andrews and Bud Mason
* Ty Hedison returns to Ashford Falls with Nicole Browne and dates Amelia Warren
* Bradley Larabee visits town and clashes with Lou Riley
* Sheriff Taft retires; naming his deputy as his replacement
* Monica Hedison and Philip Martin murdered; Carter ceases his pursuit of acquiring BioMart
* BTS - Janet DuBois meets Manoo; encounters Randall Ewing

## Season Two 1987-1988

* Angel Harker returns for Carter's therapy - so does Paul's father, Gabe Kirkwood
* Rachel hires Lou Riley to get research on Angel Harker
* Ashford Falls hit by a hard winter (Winter of 1988)
* Hedison Pharmaceuticals under financial duress; Carter Hedison tries selling off the Winchester Hotel to Nate Featherstone
* Carter has Naomi committed to a sanitarium; she has to be rescued by Bradley Larabee
* Rachel re-writes her mother's will for controlling interest in the Winchester Hotel -

## Season Three 1988-1989

* First appearance of Marcia Caldwell and Jason Pryde
* Rachel researches her family tree (1795 Flashback)
* Douglas Greer and Len the cross-dresser make their first appearances
* Blake uses a check from Rachel to help Len fund his garage
* Len outs himself as a cross-dresser during the Second Bicentennial Founders Day
* Dash Andrews learns he is dying

* Naomi Hedison and Gabe Kirkwood visit Ashford Falls
* Helen Caldwell leaves for England to study at a seminary
* Rachel hires Dash Andrews to follow Helen to England
* Dash Andrews learns from Dr. Elizabeth Freeling he is dying
* Naomi Hedison questions how Monica died; Carter has her institutionalized, but Bradley frees her
* Helen Caldwell in London with Lisa Craigmiles, Tricia Reason and Loren Rhodes
* Carter Hedison collapses and goes into a coma as Blake Hedison runs the company
* BTS - Jack Gates has his mild heart attack in NYC
* BTS - Maury Gifford inherits the Mill City Repair Shop
* BTS - James Larabee, father of Bradley Larabee passes

## Season Four 1989-1990

* Carter spends several months in an alternate reality setting while in his coma
	+ Rachel Hedison attempts a take-over of Hedison Pharmaceuticals
	+ Dean Reeves visits Ashford Falls
	+ Blake starts seeing Tricia Caldwell
	+ Worshams Restaurant built in Ashford Falls
	+ Paul Kirkwood sees Len Snedeker dressed as a woman
* Rachel gets her overdue research on Angel Harker - Gabe Kirkwood tries to stop her
* Bud Mason becomes a sexual offender - He flees for Cragfont Lake where the police get him
* Angel loses her life - Gabe Kirkwood framed for her murder
* Gabe Kirkwood murdered in prison by Bud Mason

## Season Five 1990-1991

* Helen Caldwell returns to Ashford Falls - replacing her mother as head nurse at the hospital
* The existence of Fletcher DuBois's Meta-Pill is discovered by Carter Hedison
* Bobbi Pierce begins the Daylight Foundation
* BTS - Tricia Caldwell becomes a teacher at Ashford Falls High School
* 1991 Election in Ashford Falls
	+ Danny Featherstone and Fletcher DuBois support Nate Featherstone as mayor
	+ Carter Hedison and Rachel Hedison support Carl Griggs as mayor
* Rachel and Ty culpable through Lou Riley in framing Danny for the murder of Amelia Warren
* Danny reveals he has been living at the abandoned Winchester Hotel
* Dr. Paul Kirkwood exonerates Danny of Amelia's death which remains unsolved
* Fletcher DuBois passes away; Nate Featherstone helps his daughter get in contact with Jack Gates to sell his patents
* Jack Gable visits Ashford Falls as Jack Gates

* Rachel is wooed by Jack Gable; Ty attempts to kill Gable/Jack Gates appears in Ashford Falls
* Rachel loses another car in Ashford Falls Scenic Lookout; Len returns after a long absence
* Ty is sent back to Ardmore Sanitarium
* Rachel loses control over Dr. Paul Kirkwood
* Danny starts seeing Janet DuBois
* Rachel hires Mason and Riley to intimidate Paul and Helen, resulting in a fire at Helen's house
* The Children of the Sun arrive in Ashford Falls; Sheriff David Carmichael works with Lou Riley to get them out of town
* Janet and Danny discover Dash Andrews's abandoned car deep in Haverstraw Canyon
* Rachel is hit by Danny Featherstone driving Jack's Ferrari; she goes into a coma
* Danny starts seeing Dr. Elizabeth Freeling; he learns Marcia Caldwell isn't his daughter
* Paul and Helen depart Ashford Falls for Boston, Massachusetts

## After The Series

* 1992 - Carter travels to Europe and meets Rebecca Logue
* 1993 - Carl Griggs signs away sections of the Wyckoff community for development
	+ Rachel and Dr. Stewart Harding begin colluding to acquire Hedison Pharmaceutical
* 1994 - Paul and Helen get married; they return home to Ashford Falls where Helen joins the town council
	+ Janet receives her doctorate in entomology; she and Bobbi Pierce start a foundation to support students pursuing careers in science
	+ Rachel meets William Samuelson and gets the diary of Dash Andrews which implicates her father in her mother's death; she sets up a plot involving Samuelson to research the history of Ashford Falls
* 1995 - Barclay Woods arrives at Thornewood Hall
	+ The ghost of Sara Woods reappears at Thornewood after a twenty year absence
	+ Victoria Luckweather arrives at Thornewood
	+ Professor D. B. Moore arrives at Thornewood amidst a spate of nightmares plaguing the estate

## Beyond Our Dreams: Return to Ashford Falls 1995

* BTS - Naomi Hedison visits Blake at the Hedison Mansion
* BTS - Lisa Creekmore leaves college to travel as a model and actress
* William Samuelson hired to write a book on the history of Ashford Falls
* Len Snedeker applies for a job at Ashford Falls High School under Douglas Greer
* Blake is dating Jessica Witherspoon
* 1995 Election in Ashford Falls between Carl Griggs and Sabrina Collins
* Helen Caldwell campaigns for Sabrina Collins
* Marcia Caldwell is now dating Jason Pryde
* Danny Featherstone once again pursues Melissa Strickland
* Carter Hedison becomes aware of a corporate takeover of his company
* The heirs of Howard Marcus move forward to claim the Winchester Hotel
* Rachel seizes the company through the Dynasty Foundation
* Sabrina Collins becomes the new mayor of Ashford Falls
* Carter Hedison drops from a heart attack for his culpability in the murders of Philip Martin and Monica Hedison

## Interim

* 1996 - The ghosts of Quentin Woods and Bridget Collins make their presence known at Thornewood
* 1997 - Quentin Woods arrives at Thornewood
	+ The Children of the Sun take over a town in Rhode Island
* 1998 - A bizarre Parallel Time phenomenon at Thornewood Hall allows the family to meet Barnabas Collins and Victoria Winters
	+ Dr. Samantha Oh vanishes for several months from Thornewood Hall

## Sisters

* 2001-2004 Lisa Creekmore returns home after a six-year absence, causing chaos on her sister's house

## Twilight

* 2003-2008 Melissa Strickland dabbles in paranormal research visiting haunted houses after a spate of vampire-style murders