“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
In 1958, while on tour with Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and The Chantels, the promoter
As printed in the Tacoma Evening News on March 3, 1903, C. Payne, an armless
This is a shot of New York in 1887. What you see are electrical wires
While there is always competition for who is best, rarely for who is worst, but
There is an old saying that making money is easy. What’s hard is saving it.
In less then two years we will be remembering the day liquor was illegal in
These were the remains of “Big Nose George” Parrot in 1950, half a century after
Just a bunch of Eskimos, right? It’s one of those pictures you’d stumble upon in
Buffalo Calf Road Woman of the Northern Cheyenne was one of the few women warriors.
Of course, it’s the sphinx. Everyone knows that. Everyone. Since the beginning of time. Really?
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
It’s easy to say how BAD things are right now: COVID19, race riots, high unemployment,
Unless you live in Alaska, this photograph will have no meaning at all. To those
When Elsa Einstein, Albert’s wife, was being shown around the Mount Wilson Observatory, she was
You cannot tell some people to ‘be normal.’ And particularly not a woman in the
In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected
Nice, eh? Historic but nice. Well, these are fashions from my great grandparents’ women’s fashion
This was Bishop Rowe in about 1920. No pictures of Billy the Horse exist. During
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You should have no trouble recognizing the man with his hands in his pockets. It’s
Yes, there’s a good chance the ‘stuff’ in the bottle is whiskey. But then again,
If it takes you longer than ten seconds to read this license plate holder, you
This is a portrait of Bass Reeves. He was the first black Deputy United States
If there is any one photograph from Alaska that should send shivers down the spine