“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
George Franklin Wade had an astonishing record of both criminal activity and escapes. He was
Can you see the difference in height between these two men? No, these are not
Some things in Alaska do not change. From the Alaska Gold Rush until today, the
Yeah, I know. “Photoshop.” Actually, no. It is a double-exposure from 100 years ago. During
Here’s a glimpse of the past and the future together. Can you identify the man
Sometimes it is the ‘little things’ that tell the “big story.’ As an example, here,
You think this flu season is bad? Not a chance! 100 years ago, America suffered
There’s been a lot of talk lately about who the “real” Americans are. The implication
Yes, there’s a good chance the ‘stuff’ in the bottle is whiskey. But then again,
Before Alaska was a Territory it was a District. The first Governor of the District
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
If you are a pilot and are planning on making airdrops, make absolutely certain that
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Centennial-of-1916-SF-bombing-that-led-to-8381615.php By Carl Nolte July 16, 2016 Updated: July 16, 2016 3:00pm
Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a
St. Audry – also known as Æthelthryth (or Æðelþryð or Æþelðryþe; 4 March 636 – 23
You cannot tell some people to ‘be normal.’ And particularly not a woman in the
When people think of a gold rush, they instantly think the big money is made
Just another old photo, eh? Well, old photos hide stunning truths. This is my mother’s
The real lesson of COVID-19 has yet to learned. The ongoing reduction of income taxes
This photo encapsulates me as a writer and an American. As both writer and American,