“Some things you just can’t make up!”
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
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
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro, who died at the age of 33, packed a lot
Giovanni Caselli was a priest?! AND a physicist. In 1856, he invented the pantelegraph. In
Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was only 30 years old when the FBI shot him
He was known as “Indian Charlie.” His real name was Charles Curtis. And he was
This was an IBM computer in 1958. 40% of the US population was alive in
Edward Hines. He was a Commissioner of the Wayne County Road Commission in Michigan from
Captain Heinz Noonan, the “bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was deeply immersed in
During the summer of 1919, a United States Army Major was assigned to a transcontinental
These were the remains of “Big Nose George” Parrot in 1950, half a century after
In the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Abraham Lincoln’s position on slavery was clear: “I am naturally
In about 1910, Alaska Gold Rush newspaper editor/printer/investigative reporter George Hinton Henry published scathing but
Eagle, Alaska was one of those communities that could never have been established anywhere else
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
This Labor Day let’s remember – and thank – Francis Perkins. She was the longest
Until the movie PATTON, in 1970, General George S. Patton, was largely a forgotten hero.
In less then two years we will be remembering the day liquor was illegal in
It is easy to write-off Sonny Bono as a second-rate singer, third-rate actor and fourth-rate
Of course, it’s the sphinx. Everyone knows that. Everyone. Since the beginning of time. Really?
One of the historical tidbits students miss is the importance of the United States Postal
For most people, ‘yesterdays’ are not believable because the photos are black-and-white. This leads people
Jean Lussier was the ultimate entrepreneur. In 1928, he went over Niagara Falls in rubber
Wilson Mizner, the loveable scoundrel of the Alaska Gold Rush, worked as a bartender in
In 47 BCE, Julius Caesar was faced with a mutiny. The Tenth Legion was demanding
Not a lot of social distancing here but, then again, this was 1890. Historically, the
Just a bunch of Eskimos, right? It’s one of those pictures you’d stumble upon in
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
