Mark Twain
Next time you pull up to a gas station, think how much easier you life
You don’t need a crystal ball to see the future; just follow the money! Every issue in human history has
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
Next time you pull up to a gas station, think how much easier you life
No, and he’s not scratching anything. ‘Back in the day,’ which started with the Greeks,
For as long as there have been people in Connecticut, the gods of Machimoodus have
Quoting Google: In May 2021, Italian artist Salvatore Garau sold an “immaterial” sculpture titled
The only buffalo in the United States are in zoos. Here we have bison. That’s
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China died in 210 B.C. He was on
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, the
Roman history records five widespread Plebian Secessions between 494 and 287 BC.
Just a pile of rubble, eh? It’s the aftermath of the LARGEST terrorist attack in
Unless you live in Alaska, this photograph will have no meaning at all. To those
This is one of those historic photographs that would never make a book – much
In the last century, washing machines were too expensive for most homes, so the laundry
Adage? What’s an adage? An adage is a proverb expressing a generally accepted truth. Like,
General Wilds P. Richardson arrived in the District of Alaska – Alaska was not a
It is easy to write-off Sonny Bono as a second-rate singer, third-rate actor and fourth-rate
From 1438 to 1532, the Inca Empire covered what is now Peru and Ecuador along
On July 22, 1916, San Francisco held a Preparedness Day Parade to show its readiness
In 1838, Louis Daguerre was experimenting with a new technology called photography in Paris. Compared
During the summer of 1919, a United States Army Major was assigned to a transcontinental
It is so easy to whine about how 'there's nothing to watch on cable' tonight.
This is probably the most well-known photograph of the Alaska Gold Rush. There is just
My favorite quote from ALICE IN WONDERLAND has become my motto as an historian and
This is a shot of New York in 1887. What you see are electrical wires
One hundred years ago, a rag-tag army of military officers and civilians like these men
So little is known about the Alaska Gold Rush that most Americans think the Klondike
