“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
Yeah, I know. “Photoshop.” Actually, no. It is a double-exposure from 100 years ago. During
I, as an Alaskan, am outraged some people are giving fake news a bad name.
When people think of a gold rush, they instantly think the big money is made
One hundred and 13 years ago, my 19-year-old grandfather arrived in San Francisco on his
Nice, eh? Historic but nice. Well, these are fashions from my great grandparents’ women’s fashion
Starting in 1938, Emerich Juettner – also known as Edward Mueller –started counterfeiting one dollar
lice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, didn’t give a whit about the ‘proper
Here’s a REAL Alaska Gold Rush saloon! It’s from the Koyukuk, one of the real-life
As printed in the Tacoma Evening News on March 3, 1903, C. Payne, an armless
In the teens, someone who was incredibly stupid was known as being “as cunning as
Never underestimate the drive to be informed or educated. In the days of the Wild
This is a common sight in most American communities west of the Mississippi. When those
One of the most iconic images of the Arctic for tourists is the blanket toss.
DO NOT ROLL YOUR EYES when I tell you this is a statue of Sonny
The US standard railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. Why? Because the first railroads
Vicious maneaters, right? Actually that’s incorrect. In fact, the piranha got its reputation because of
In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected
History is sometimes not kind to one’s reputation. A case in point is that of
In 1951, a snippy newspaper columnist suggested Marilyn Monroe would be better off wearing a
It’s easy to say how BAD things are right now: COVID19, race riots, high unemployment,
Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a
All Roman roads had mileage stones, set one thousand paces apart. The term “mile” comes
