“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
Next time you turn on the tap and let the water d-r-a-i-n while you brush
Legend has it the Persian emperor Jamsheed loved grapes so much he stored them in
Everyone has a different perspective on life. As you can see, Salvadore Dali’s view of
DO NOT ROLL YOUR EYES when I tell you this is a statue of Sonny
Unless you live in Alaska, this photograph will have no meaning at all. To those
Here’s a REAL Alaska Gold Rush saloon! It’s from the Koyukuk, one of the real-life
This was Bishop Rowe in about 1920. No pictures of Billy the Horse exist. During
When it comes to sexual equality, until 1919 women were not guaranteed the right to
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
In 1919, a hack writer by the name of Johnston McCulley wrote a five-part story
History is sometimes not kind to one’s reputation. A case in point is that of
I’d like to believe this photoshop. But then, again ……….. My father – like all
Wanna party?! This is a photograph of an ‘entertaining’ evening in Koyukuk in 1900, just
Here’s one for the history books! In 2011, photographer David Slater went to Indonesia to
This is a juggernaut, the origin of the term for a huge, powerful, and overwhelming
The greatest power of writing is offering the reader a new perspective. ANYONE can write
Within the last week a LinkedIn post showed a block building being constructed by a
In many parts of the US, women were voting long before August 20, 1920. In
In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected
25th Infantry Regiment, 1890 At the end of the Civil War, many black Union veterans
Giuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italian composer and violinist.