“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 Nome, anyone could, in actuality, find gold just lying on the ground. In sand,
The basic lesson of history NOT TAUGHT in schools today is events come in cycles.
Occasionally, I see an upload which makes me want to stand up and cheer. This
In 1925, Francis X. Bushman wanted the part of Messala in the upcoming production of
This is one of my favorite editorial pictures. His name is “Has No Horses,” or,
In 1958, while on tour with Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and The Chantels, the promoter
One of the best-known images of the Klondike Strike is the line of men lock
While there is always competition for who is best, rarely for who is worst, but
In America, we solve problems by making them profitable. Here is an excellent example. Used
Some things in Alaska do not change. From the Alaska Gold Rush until today, the
In these days of the COVID19, people are looking back at the Spanish Influenza of
There is an old expression that “all politics is local.” But not that many people
St. Audry – also known as Æthelthryth (or Æðelþryð or Æþelðryþe; 4 March 636 – 23
This is the Kay Linton Memorial Ice Fountain outside the Loussac Library in Anchorage, Alaska.
Here’s a trick question: Who was the first President of the United States. For most
Nome, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, does not have any nearby forests.
