“Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.”
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
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
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
There’s been a lot of talk about who was on the Titanic. How about the
During the Alaska Gold Rush, George Hinton Henry, the “Father of Alaska Journalism,” kept printing
Ok. This is photoshop. It was done in the 1940s to stimulate the Alaska sea
One of the nice things about historic photographs – please excuse the pun – is
From June 6th to 9th, 1912, the most spectacular eruption in recorded history and the
This is called a sport fishing fantasy. But you have to be careful with fantasies.
When Alaska became a state, there was shortage of coins, particularly in the bush. Most
Everyone loves a Fourth of July Parade! One of the nice things about historic photographs
Wanna party?! This is a photograph of an ‘entertaining’ evening in Koyukuk in 1900, just
Eagle, Alaska was one of those communities that could never have been established anywhere else
When it comes to the Alaska Gold Rush, cats don’t get a lot of credit.
Courtesy of the Alaska Gold Rush, we have two Alaskan terms in common usage –
Next time you turn on the tap and let the water d-r-a-i-n while you brush
In the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Abraham Lincoln’s position on slavery was clear: “I am naturally
One of the untold dramas of the Alaska Gold Rush was the building of the
Meet Elizabeth Jane “Jennie” Cloud Winner. She was born in 1822 in Virginia and moved
Here’s one for the history books! In 2011, photographer David Slater went to Indonesia to
Meet Captain James Iredell of the Confederate commercial raider Shenandoah. His assignment was to destroy
Some things in Alaska do not change. From the Alaska Gold Rush until today, the
Bitcoins and money. Prior to Alaska statehood, there is a dearth of coins. BIG transactions
At precisely 12:02 pm, a century ago this September 16th, a massive bomb exploded on
While on a hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt ‘came up empty.’
