“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
Nine miles Southeast of Skwentna and 59 miles north of Tyonek – and, yes, these
All Roman roads had mileage stones, set one thousand paces apart. The term “mile” comes
In 1919, a hack writer by the name of Johnston McCulley wrote a five-part story
Before Alaska was a Territory it was a District. The first Governor of the District
In many parts of the US, women were voting long before August 20, 1920. In
Here’s a trick question: Who was the first President of the United States. For most
I’d like to believe this photoshop. But then, again ……….. My father – like all
Next time someone talks about ‘everyone having guns in the Wild West,’ remind them that
This is the Kay Linton Memorial Ice Fountain outside the Loussac Library in Anchorage, Alaska.
Anne Royall was one of – if not the first – first female journalist. She
When Alaska became a state, there was shortage of coins, particularly in the bush. Most
It is easy to talk about ‘the good old days.’ Unfortunately those memories are only
where the temperature gets all the way down to 65!, in most of Alaska, 65
In 47 BCE, Julius Caesar was faced with a mutiny. The Tenth Legion was demanding
Why not take a ‘listen’ to the dark side? For free!! mysterious-amm.blubrry.net/ Who was the
This Labor Day let’s remember – and thank – Francis Perkins. She was the longest
Just a pile of rubble, eh? It’s the aftermath of the LARGEST terrorist attack in
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. This is Wojtek. The bear, that is. He was
