“What’s the problem? It’s just a selfie!”
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
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
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
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and
Not a lot of social distancing here but, then again, this was 1890. Historically, the
Meet Captain James Iredell of the Confederate commercial raider Shenandoah. His assignment was to destroy
This is the Kay Linton Memorial Ice Fountain outside the Loussac Library in Anchorage, Alaska.
St. Audry – also known as Æthelthryth (or Æðelþryð or Æþelðryþe; 4 March 636 – 23
If you are older than 50, you will have no problem reading this license plate
Spooky, eh? He’s Jasper Maskelyne and he made a modest living as a magician until
This is not photoshop. It is ‘law and order’ during the Alaska Gold Rush. There
In the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Abraham Lincoln’s position on slavery was clear: “I am naturally
Sometimes it is the ‘little things’ that tell the “big story.’ As an example, here,
This WAS. Here, in 1932, my father’s family posed for a portrait in their garden.
In the Alaska dog racing biz, there is a prophetic expression: “unless you are the
In 1958, while on tour with Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and The Chantels, the promoter
This photograph intrigues me. Why? Because these salmon left this stream five years ago when
This is Quanah Parker, war leader of the Kwahadi (“Antelope”) band of the Comanches. He
Ballyhoo. Now here’s a word you don’t hear every day. At least not yet. It’s
Until the movie PATTON, in 1970, General George S. Patton, was largely a forgotten hero.
When Elsa Einstein, Albert’s wife, was being shown around the Mount Wilson Observatory, she was
While there is always competition for who is best, rarely for who is worst, but
You would have to have been an Alaskan in the last century to understand the
Whatever you do, there will be critics. And the further forward you think, the more
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay