Beyond Our Dreams chronology

Outside the Studio

soundstage

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

Winchester Hotel

• 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

Ashford Falls High School

• 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

Ashford Falls - 1980

• 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

Paul Kirkwood

• 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

Dash Andrews

• 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

Jack Gable

• 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