“Who invented the telephone booth?
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
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
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
Hummmmm…. According to a modern scholar – and you know how they are – it
In the 1950s, American engineers working in the Middle East – where liquor was frowned
In 1919, a hack writer by the name of Johnston McCulley wrote a five-part story
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
Alaskan humorist Warren Sitka is famous for his admonition that humanity is best served by
I’ll bet you didn’t know that Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” was based on a
Ok. This is photoshop. It was done in the 1940s to stimulate the Alaska sea
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected
This is an accurate photograph of Annie Oakley while she was traveling with Buffalo Bill’s
One of the first female United States Deputy Marshals was Ada Carnutt. One of her
If you are not an Alaskan, this picture will not mean much. So let’s get
There is an old saying that making money is easy. What’s hard is saving it.
Being an off the wall thinker means you come up with novel solution to everyday
In Nome, anyone could, in actuality, find gold just lying on the ground. In sand,
Graciously historically, scientifically, and forensically stated, there was some cannibalism associated with the Donner Party.
Far too often people have a Hollywood version of history. In Western movies, the streets
Judge George Wythe had a stellar career. In addition to being one of the signers
Yes, there’s a good chance the ‘stuff’ in the bottle is whiskey. But then again,
This is one of my favorite editorial pictures. His name is “Has No Horses,” or,
Bitcoins and money. Prior to Alaska statehood, there is a dearth of coins. BIG transactions
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
