“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
Here’s a REAL Alaska Gold Rush saloon! It’s from the Koyukuk, one of the real-life
One hundred years ago, a rag-tag army of military officers and civilians like these men
One of the givens in the United States is the USPS, United States Postal Service.
My favorite quote from ALICE IN WONDERLAND has become my motto as an historian and
George Franklin Wade had an astonishing record of both criminal activity and escapes. He was
This is Quanah Parker, war leader of the Kwahadi (“Antelope”) band of the Comanches. He
History is sometimes not kind to one’s reputation. A case in point is that of
Constructed to be the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, the Eiffel Tower
When Coke was introduced in China in 1982, Chinese shopkeepers sold the beverage as kekoukela.
Judge George Wythe had a stellar career. In addition to being one of the signers
During the Alaska Gold Rush there was no liquor in Alaska. According to the United
When Elsa Einstein, Albert’s wife, was being shown around the Mount Wilson Observatory, she was
Nothing pictures. We all have them. Photographs of, well, nothing in particular. Not worth savings
Never underestimate the drive to be informed or educated. In the days of the Wild
This was Bishop Rowe in about 1920. No pictures of Billy the Horse exist. During
As a writer, my mantra is “If you don’t have something unique, you have nothing.”
