“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
St. Audry – also known as Æthelthryth (or Æðelþryð or Æþelðryþe; 4 March 636 – 23
This photo encapsulates me as a writer and an American. As both writer and American,
Two of the best known singers of all time are Elvis
In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected
I, as an Alaskan, am outraged some people are giving fake news a bad name.
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a
The Aleutian Island chain in Alaska is infamous for its unpredictable weather patterns. This is
One of the first female United States Deputy Marshals was Ada Carnutt. One of her
Actually, it is. During the Alaska Gold Rush there was not many United States dollars
In many parts of the US, women were voting long before August 20, 1920. In
From 1438 to 1532, the Inca Empire covered what is now Peru and Ecuador along
My father, a Holocaust refugee, spoke four language fluently and read Greek and Latin. But
John Wesley Hardin stands out as the most ruthless killer in not only the Old
For most people, ‘yesterdays’ are not believable because the photos are black-and-white. This leads people
Before Alaska was a Territory it was a District. The first Governor of the District
Buffalo Calf Road Woman of the Northern Cheyenne was one of the few women warriors.
One of the givens in the United States is the USPS, United States Postal Service.
