“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
This WAS. Here, in 1932, my father’s family posed for a portrait in their garden.
The Aleutian Island chain in Alaska is infamous for its unpredictable weather patterns. This is
When it comes to the Alaska Gold Rush, cats don’t get a lot of credit.
There is an old expression that “all politics is local.” But not that many people
You cannot tell some people to ‘be normal.’ And particularly not a woman in the
In the last century, washing machines were too expensive for most homes, so the laundry
The Alaska Gold Rush lasted 40 years, from 1880 to the First World War. It
Sadly, President Trump has killed a time-honored Alaskan institution: fake news. The REAL fake news.
Alaskan humorist Warren Sitka notes the problem with ignorance is it breeds faster than common
Nice, eh? Historic but nice. Well, these are fashions from my great grandparents’ women’s fashion
Edward Hines. He was a Commissioner of the Wayne County Road Commission in Michigan from
Just a bunch of camels, right? Yeah, but there is something lurking under those waters.
In the days before the automobile, everything you needed came to your local store in
One of the untold dramas of the Alaska Gold Rush was the building of the
That’s what a patron of P.T. Barnum’s American Museum claimed. And he took Barnum to
A ‘fourth panel’ is a way to transcend an art form. Traditionally, a painting is
If you are a pilot and are planning on making airdrops, make absolutely certain that
In 1958, while on tour with Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and The Chantels, the promoter
Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a
