“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
As a writer, my mantra is “If you don’t have something unique, you have nothing.”
One of the nice things about historic photographs – please excuse the pun – is
Ok. This is photoshop. It was done in the 1940s to stimulate the Alaska sea
One hundred years ago, a rag-tag army of military officers and civilians like these men
Never underestimate the drive to be informed or educated. In the days of the Wild
Today, the Roman emperor Vespasian, 69-79 CE, is best known for the construction of the
I, as an Alaskan, am outraged some people are giving fake news a bad name.
Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a
In the 1870s, America’s foremost – and first – political cartoonist, Thomas Nast, attacked Boss
Why not take a ‘listen’ to the dark side? For free!! mysterious-amm.blubrry.net/ Who was the
During the Alaska Gold Rush, it was said of Erwin A. “Nimrod” Robertson that he
My father, a Holocaust refugee, spoke four language fluently and read Greek and Latin. But
When people think of a gold rush, they instantly think the big money is made
Before there was a Wild West, bandanas were the rage in England among the wealthy.
Today, “horsepower” is a measure of strength of a car. But that has only been
I’ll bet you think you are looking at flowers. WRONG! These are ‘fields’ of abandoned
These were the remains of “Big Nose George” Parrot in 1950, half a century after
It is so easy to whine about how 'there's nothing to watch on cable' tonight.
