“What’s the problem? It’s just a selfie!”
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
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
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
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
Meet Captain James Iredell of the Confederate commercial raider Shenandoah. His assignment was to destroy
Everyone loves a Fourth of July Parade! One of the nice things about historic photographs
This is one of my favorite editorial pictures. His name is “Has No Horses,” or,
There’s been a lot of talk lately about who the “real” Americans are. The implication
Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a
So little is known about the Alaska Gold Rush that most Americans think the Klondike
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. This is Wojtek. The bear, that is. He was
You think this flu season is bad? Not a chance! 100 years ago, America suffered
This was Bishop Rowe in about 1920. No pictures of Billy the Horse exist. During
One of my favorite anecdotes, hopefully true, involves a couple from Iowa who were visiting
Giuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italian composer and violinist.
When it comes to sexual equality, until 1919 women were not guaranteed the right to
A highly-lauded Wyoming mountain man in his day was John Johnson. In fact, he was
Is it possible to fly the distance of 1 ½ times around the world in
This is a photograph of a bank run in 1929. These people are scared their
This is Quanah Parker, war leader of the Kwahadi (“Antelope”) band of the Comanches. He
In 1919, a hack writer by the name of Johnston McCulley wrote a five-part story
This photo encapsulates me as a writer and an American. As both writer and American,
