“Talk about going to work at a young age!”
Stephan Bibrowski, born in Wilczagówa, Poland, in 1890, had a body covered with hair. His
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
Stephan Bibrowski, born in Wilczagówa, Poland, in 1890, had a body covered with hair. His
In 1934, eight men were fined $1 each …. … for bathing topless at Coney
In the last century, washing machines were too expensive for most homes, so the laundry
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
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
There is a stark lesson in the Brett Kavanaugh nomination imbroglio. It is as old
These were the remains of “Big Nose George” Parrot in 1950, half a century after
The great power of art is to transcend its components. Anyone can splash paint on
My favorite quote from ALICE IN WONDERLAND has become my motto as an historian and
I’ll bet you think you are looking at flowers. WRONG! These are ‘fields’ of abandoned
Meet Elizabeth Jane “Jennie” Cloud Winner. She was born in 1822 in Virginia and moved
Here’s a REAL Alaska Gold Rush saloon! It’s from the Koyukuk, one of the real-life
From 1438 to 1532, the Inca Empire covered what is now Peru and Ecuador along
Today, Horace Greeley is best known for his advice, “Go West, young man, and grow
One of the most iconic images of the Arctic for tourists is the blanket toss.
There is an old saying that making money is easy. What’s hard is saving it.
One hundred years ago, a rag-tag army of military officers and civilians like these men
During the Alaska Gold Rush, communities were erupting from the earth and then ‘going ghost’
One of the untold dramas of the Alaska Gold Rush was the building of the
Before Alaska was a Territory it was a District. The first Governor of the District
It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God
Connie the Wiggler wasn't a singer or even a star of the stage but
This is not photoshop. It is an actual sculpture and it symbolizes my mantra as
Probably. But then again, it could said the archaeologist examining his corpse might have spilled
Sometimes it is the ‘little things’ that tell the “big story.’ As an example, here,