“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 glimpse of the authentic “Western” sound! Not a guitar or banjo to be
I’d like to believe this photoshop. But then, again ……….. My father – like all
Keep this photograph in mind next time you go to your local store and buy
Every historical era has its acronyms, legends and heroes. If you are a millennial, it
I’ll bet you are thinking what I was thinking when I first saw this children’s
This is one of those historic photographs that would never make a book – much
Wilson Mizner, the loveable scoundrel of the Alaska Gold Rush, worked as a bartender in
Historians believe that beer – invented in Sumeria around 600 BCE – was brewed by
In about 1910, Alaska Gold Rush newspaper editor/printer/investigative reporter George Hinton Henry published scathing but
Just a pile of rubble, eh? It’s the aftermath of the LARGEST terrorist attack in
One of the untold dramas of the Alaska Gold Rush was the building of the
Judge George Wythe had a stellar career. In addition to being one of the signers
Here’s a blast from the past. My past, at least. I was looking for a
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
One of the easiest things to say is “I’m smart.” This implies thinking is not
In Nome, anyone could, in actuality, find gold just lying on the ground. In sand,
A ‘fourth panel’ is a way to transcend an art form. Traditionally, a painting is
Frank B. Adams, born in 1847, was a professional carom billiards player – in the
This is a juggernaut, the origin of the term for a huge, powerful, and overwhelming