“Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.”
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
Money does not exist. Only its value does. Go to the bank and ask to see the $1,000 in your
Why Are High Schools Graduating Illiterate Seniors? If you really want to know what is happening in America’s schools, do
Coming Out of the Water Dry (The 1838 Missouri Extermination Order) “The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must
When Detective Heinz Noonan arrives in Spokane to investigate a simple case of double obituaries, he has no idea he’s
Detective Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Homes,” is sent to Virginia Beach, North Carolina, to find 30 antique Christian crosses that
Why would anyone steal something that has no value? And then stick the insurance company for a ten-million-dollar loss? That’s
How can $2 million in diamonds vanish? First, the diamonds were assessed to make sure they were authentic. Then, in
The Alaska Gold Rush is the least studied era of United States history. If you pull up Alaska Gold Rush
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
In the 1950s, American engineers working in the Middle East – where liquor was frowned
Petroleum as a fuel source is on the wane. We will not have another century
During the summer of 1919, a United States Army Major was assigned to a transcontinental
It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and
There’s been a lot of talk about who was on the Titanic. How about the
Often a genius is someone who just looks at a problem differently. Between 1905 and
That’s what a patron of P.T. Barnum’s American Museum claimed. And he took Barnum to
In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected
Next time you turn on the tap and let the water d-r-a-i-n while you brush
Here’s a REAL Alaska Gold Rush saloon! It’s from the Koyukuk, one of the real-life
When you make something illegal, all you do is raise its price. Marijuana smokers in
This is probably the most well-known photograph of the Alaska Gold Rush. There is just
The Golden Age of Hollywood glamorized the cowboy and the Wild West. Unfortunately, what appeared
No, it is not THE Louvre. It is the ‘Temporary Louvre,’ a saloon in Juneau
[huge_it_video_player id="5"] To paraphrase Al Jolson, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” (If you’re a millennial,
During the Second World War, Lt. Norman Wilkinson of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve came
Here’s a blast from the past. My past, at least. I was looking for a
Just a bunch of Eskimos, right? It’s one of those pictures you’d stumble upon in
This was the solution to the energy crisis in Nome during the Alaska Gold Rush.
Truth is NOT a matter of perspective. What is true remains the same from every
My favorite quote from ALICE IN WONDERLAND has become my motto as an historian and
Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory. If you push the stick forward, the
