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
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
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
This is as Alaskan as you can get. What you are seeing is a line
There are a lot of myths ‘running around’ when it comes to blacks and the
America has no standards, no royal families, no special people. If you are good and
Alaskan humorist Warren Sitka is famous for his admonition that humanity is best served by
lice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, didn’t give a whit about the ‘proper
History is sometimes not kind to one’s reputation. A case in point is that of
Wanna party?! This is a photograph of an ‘entertaining’ evening in Koyukuk in 1900, just
During the summer of 1919, a United States Army Major was assigned to a transcontinental
The Alaska Gold Rush lasted 40 years, from 1880 to the First World War. It
People ask me why I titled my book WALRUS WITH A GOLD TOOTH. Because there
At precisely 12:02 pm, a century ago this September 16th, a massive bomb exploded on
No? Well, Abraham Lincoln did. In 1864 he was running for re-election against a very
The real lesson of COVID-19 has yet to learned. The ongoing reduction of income taxes
Today, Horace Greeley is best known for his advice, “Go West, young man, and grow
In 1951, a snippy newspaper columnist suggested Marilyn Monroe would be better off wearing a
Actually, they were. In 1749, the Duke of Portland and the Earl of Chesterfield made
This is an accurate photograph of Annie Oakley while she was traveling with Buffalo Bill’s
Everyone loves a Fourth of July Parade! One of the nice things about historic photographs
