“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
Talk about truth being stranger than fiction! In 1898, during the Klondike Rush, a young
This was Bishop Rowe in about 1920. No pictures of Billy the Horse exist. During
Alaskan humorist Warren Sitka notes the problem with ignorance is it breeds faster than common
It is easy to write-off Sonny Bono as a second-rate singer, third-rate actor and fourth-rate
Buffalo Calf Road Woman of the Northern Cheyenne was one of the few women warriors.
The cleverest people are usually the least credited in history. Take English Sea Captain Woodes
No, it is not THE Louvre. It is the ‘Temporary Louvre,’ a saloon in Juneau
After the death of Harry Reichenbach, the leading ballyhooer of the era was Jim Moran,
Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was only 30 years old when the FBI shot him
Keep this photograph in mind next time you go to your local store and buy
I’d like to believe this photoshop. But then, again ……….. My father – like all
In the teens, someone who was incredibly stupid was known as being “as cunning as
DO NOT ROLL YOUR EYES when I tell you this is a statue of Sonny
It depends on the language you speak. In English, the term gypsy was short for
Some things in Alaska do not change. From the Alaska Gold Rush until today, the
Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory. If you push the stick forward, the
In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected
