“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
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and
This was Mary Katherine Goddard, one of the first women publishers in America. She ran
Vicious maneaters, right? Actually that’s incorrect. In fact, the piranha got its reputation because of
You cannot tell some people to ‘be normal.’ And particularly not a woman in the
Buffalo Calf Road Woman of the Northern Cheyenne was one of the few women warriors.
Occasionally, I see an upload which makes me want to stand up and cheer. This
General Wilds P. Richardson arrived in the District of Alaska – Alaska was not a
My father, a Holocaust refugee, spoke four language fluently and read Greek and Latin. But
As you are reading this, are being quarantined offshore in San Francisco because they might
Adage? What’s an adage? An adage is a proverb expressing a generally accepted truth. Like,
As printed in the Tacoma Evening News on March 3, 1903, C. Payne, an armless
This is the Kay Linton Memorial Ice Fountain outside the Loussac Library in Anchorage, Alaska.
This is a shot of New York in 1887. What you see are electrical wires
Yeah, I know. “Photoshop.” Actually, no. It is a double-exposure from 100 years ago. During
Hard as it is to believe, America’s first black celebrity was a magician, hypnotist and
My favorite quote from ALICE IN WONDERLAND has become my motto as an historian and