“Talk about a real-life Robin Hood!”
Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was only 30 years old when the FBI shot him
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
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
Stephan Bibrowski, born in Wilczagówa, Poland, in 1890, had a body covered with hair. His
In 1934, eight men were fined $1 each …. … for bathing topless at Coney
In the last century, washing machines were too expensive for most homes, so the laundry
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
Next time you turn on the tap and let the water d-r-a-i-n while you brush
Here’s a glimpse of the authentic “Western” sound! Not a guitar or banjo to be
In many parts of the US, women were voting long before August 20, 1920. In
In the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Abraham Lincoln’s position on slavery was clear: “I am naturally
This photo encapsulates me as a writer and an American. As both writer and American,
Courtesy of the Alaska Gold Rush, we have two Alaskan terms in common usage –
After the Civil War, the field of photography took a deplorable turn. Many families had
My favorite quote from ALICE IN WONDERLAND has become my motto as an historian and
When it comes to sexual equality, until 1919 women were not guaranteed the right to
The Alaska Gold Rush lasted 40 years, from 1880 to the First World War. It
This is not a photograph of the past, it is a picture of the future.
History is sometimes not kind to one’s reputation. A case in point is that of
The Golden Age of Hollywood glamorized the cowboy and the Wild West. Unfortunately, what appeared
One of the best-known images of the Klondike Strike is the line of men lock
The single, most important reason to read history – ANY HISTORY – is because things
Until the movie PATTON, in 1970, General George S. Patton, was largely a forgotten hero.
