“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
This is a shot of New York in 1887. What you see are electrical wires
In 1925, Francis X. Bushman wanted the part of Messala in the upcoming production of
You think this flu season is bad? Not a chance! 100 years ago, America suffered
When it comes to the Alaska Gold Rush, cats don’t get a lot of credit.
Meet Elizabeth Jane “Jennie” Cloud Winner. She was born in 1822 in Virginia and moved
If you are not an Alaskan, this picture will not mean much. So let’s get
This is a photograph of a bank run in 1929. These people are scared their
In 1958, while on tour with Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and The Chantels, the promoter
Next time you complain about the postal service, look at what it WAS. This photograph
In the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Abraham Lincoln’s position on slavery was clear: “I am naturally
America has no standards, no royal families, no special people. If you are good and
Here’s a glimpse of the past and the future together. Can you identify the man
This is called a sport fishing fantasy. But you have to be careful with fantasies.
This is the Culebra Cut during construction of the Panama Canal. The United States Army
My father, a Holocaust refugee, spoke four language fluently and read Greek and Latin. But
In about 1910, Alaska Gold Rush newspaper editor/printer/investigative reporter George Hinton Henry published scathing but
A highly-lauded Wyoming mountain man in his day was John Johnson. In fact, he was