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.
Next time someone talks about ‘everyone having guns in the Wild West,’ remind them that
In about 1910, Alaska Gold Rush newspaper editor/printer/investigative reporter George Hinton Henry published scathing but
There is an old joke that you never have to outrun an angry bear. All
During the Alaska Gold Rush, it was said of Erwin A. “Nimrod” Robertson that he
Often a genius is someone who just looks at a problem differently. Between 1905 and
When it comes to the Alaska Gold Rush, cats don’t get a lot of credit.
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
Some things in Alaska do not change. From the Alaska Gold Rush until today, the
One of the nice things about historic photographs – please excuse the pun – is
With the coronavirus upon us, it’s tempting to talk about ‘the good ol’ days’ when
The greatest shortcoming of American education is the belief that you ‘teach for the job.’
Vicious maneaters, right? Actually that’s incorrect. In fact, the piranha got its reputation because of
One of the first female United States Deputy Marshals was Ada Carnutt. One of her
Two of the best known singers of all time are Elvis
"Ya hear that noise? Christ, that ain't static; that's a bear! Yeah, I gotta bear
Sometimes it is the ‘little things’ that tell the “big story.’ As an example, here,
This is not photoshop. These are actual combat soldier during World War II and many
Historians believe that beer – invented in Sumeria around 600 BCE – was brewed by
Contrary to popular belief, history is not the story of the past. It is the
Here’s a glimpse of the past and the future together. Can you identify the man
During the Second World War, Lt. Norman Wilkinson of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve came
The middle of the 1700s, farmers would put young pigs in a burlap ‘bag’ to