“Talk about a real-life Robin Hood!”
Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was only 30 years old when the FBI shot him
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
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
Stephan Bibrowski, born in Wilczagówa, Poland, in 1890, had a body covered with hair. His
In 1934, eight men were fined $1 each …. … for bathing topless at Coney
In the last century, washing machines were too expensive for most homes, so the laundry
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and
There is an old folk song whose chorus goes, “We’ve come a long way, brother.”
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
You would have to have been an Alaskan in the last century to understand the
Next time you turn on the tap and let the water d-r-a-i-n while you brush
Next time you complain about the postal service, look at what it WAS. This photograph
Before Alaska was a Territory it was a District. The first Governor of the District
Back in the 1970s there was a song by Dr. John – Right Place, Wrong
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. This is Wojtek. The bear, that is. He was
Nome, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, does not have any nearby forests.
If there is any one photograph from Alaska that should send shivers down the spine
The true value of education is keep you from making a fool of yourself
Anne Royall was one of – if not the first – first female journalist. She
It is easy to talk about ‘leaping into the future.’ The reality is substantially different.
A highly-lauded Wyoming mountain man in his day was John Johnson. In fact, he was
Far too often people have a Hollywood version of history. In Western movies, the streets
In 1854, Levi Boone became Mayor of Chicago on the Know-Nothing Party whose tenets were
This photograph intrigues me. Why? Because these salmon left this stream five years ago when
As a writer, my mantra is “If you don’t have something unique, you have nothing.”
In less then two years we will be remembering the day liquor was illegal in
