“Some things you just can’t make up!”
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
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
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro, who died at the age of 33, packed a lot
Giovanni Caselli was a priest?! AND a physicist. In 1856, he invented the pantelegraph. In
Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was only 30 years old when the FBI shot him
He was known as “Indian Charlie.” His real name was Charles Curtis. And he was
This was an IBM computer in 1958. 40% of the US population was alive in
Edward Hines. He was a Commissioner of the Wayne County Road Commission in Michigan from
Anthony "Tony" Dimond, Alaska's lone delegate to the United States Congress from 1933 to 1944,
They’re not. They are Lumbee Indians from North Carolina. On January 18, 1958, James W.
There are a lot of myths ‘running around’ when it comes to blacks and the
The real lesson of COVID-19 has yet to learned. The ongoing reduction of income taxes
One of the untold dramas of the Alaska Gold Rush was the building of the
Every generation of Americans has a boogeyman. The ‘evil immigrants’ have included the French, English,
Next time someone talks about ‘everyone having guns in the Wild West,’ remind them that
This is not a photoshop. Yes, there is a river down there. This is Tianmen
25th Infantry Regiment, 1890 At the end of the Civil War, many black Union veterans
You should have no trouble recognizing the man with his hands in his pockets. It’s
This was the solution to the energy crisis in Nome during the Alaska Gold Rush.
So little is known about the Alaska Gold Rush that most Americans think the Klondike
One fateful day in the 1870s, the James Robinson Circus traveled to Middleton, Missouri. As
During the Second World War, Lt. Norman Wilkinson of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve came
Some things in Alaska do not change. From the Alaska Gold Rush until today, the
In 1958, while on tour with Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and The Chantels, the promoter
There is an old saying that making money is easy. What’s hard is saving it.
This is an accurate photograph of Annie Oakley while she was traveling with Buffalo Bill’s
This is one of those historic photographs that would never make a book – much
Giovanni Caselli was a priest?! AND a physicist. In 1856, he invented the pantelegraph. In
