“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
Alaskan humorist Warren Sitka notes the problem with ignorance is it breeds faster than common
There is a golden age of innovation, literature and art coming! How do I know?
One of the most iconic images of the Arctic for tourists is the blanket toss.
In February of 1917, Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and self-confessed harlot, was arrested in
This is one of those historic photographs that would never make a book – much
Meet Captain James Iredell of the Confederate commercial raider Shenandoah. His assignment was to destroy
Seen this before, right? Well, did you notice the bundles of twigs beneath both his
Yup, it’s a sea horse. (No Photoshop necessary.) The scientific name for the seahorse is
This was Bishop Rowe in about 1920. No pictures of Billy the Horse exist. During
Every historical era has its acronyms, legends and heroes. If you are a millennial, it
If you are not an Alaskan, this picture will not mean much. So let’s get
This is a portrait of Bass Reeves. He was the first black Deputy United States
This is an iconic image of Americana: a newspaper boy. He was the Yahoo of
In many parts of the US, women were voting long before August 20, 1920. In
You should have no trouble recognizing the man with his hands in his pockets. It’s
Historians believe that beer – invented in Sumeria around 600 BCE – was brewed by
[huge_it_video_player id="4"] The single most important survival ability in any field is creative thinking. Anyone
One of the easiest things to say is “I’m smart.” This implies thinking is not
