“Here’s a glimpse of the past that will give you a glimpse of the future.”
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
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
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
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
One of the first female United States Deputy Marshals was Ada Carnutt. One of her
As you are reading this, are being quarantined offshore in San Francisco because they might
When it comes to the Alaska Gold Rush, cats don’t get a lot of credit.
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and
Actually, it is. During the Alaska Gold Rush there was not many United States dollars
When hard-core Russian Marxist writer Maxim Gorky came to America, his hosts took him to
Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a
It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God
Actually, it doesn’t. Anytime there is a new technology, you can be assured there will
In 1838, Louis Daguerre was experimenting with a new technology called photography in Paris. Compared
One of the historical tidbits students miss is the importance of the United States Postal
This was Mary Katherine Goddard, one of the first women publishers in America. She ran
My father, a Holocaust refugee, spoke four language fluently and read Greek and Latin. But
People ask me why I titled my book WALRUS WITH A GOLD TOOTH. Because there
One of the givens in the United States is the USPS, United States Postal Service.
There’s been a lot of talk lately about who the “real” Americans are. The implication
Truth is NOT a matter of perspective. What is true remains the same from every
It is so easy to whine about how 'there's nothing to watch on cable' tonight.
One hundred years ago on this date, a terror bombing took place in San Francisco