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John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro, who died at the age of 33, packed a lot
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
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
Stephan Bibrowski, born in Wilczagówa, Poland, in 1890, had a body covered with hair. His
Meet Captain James Iredell of the Confederate commercial raider Shenandoah. His assignment was to destroy
These were the remains of “Big Nose George” Parrot in 1950, half a century after
He was James Brown Miller and he was a hired killer, from 1861 until he
One of the most iconic images of the Arctic for tourists is the blanket toss.
From 1438 to 1532, the Inca Empire covered what is now Peru and Ecuador along
When Alaska became a state, there was shortage of coins, particularly in the bush. Most
A ‘fourth panel’ is a way to transcend an art form. Traditionally, a painting is
The Alaska Gold Rush lasted 40 years, from 1880 to the First World War. It
Next time you turn on the tap and let the water d-r-a-i-n while you brush
Hollywood’s greatest curse is that it makes the past appear so clean. Which is why
[huge_it_video_player id="5"] To paraphrase Al Jolson, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” (If you’re a millennial,
He was known as “Indian Charlie.” His real name was Charles Curtis. And he was
A highly-lauded Wyoming mountain man in his day was John Johnson. In fact, he was
Eagle, Alaska was one of those communities that could never have been established anywhere else
This is a photograph of a bank run in 1929. These people are scared their
When Elsa Einstein, Albert’s wife, was being shown around the Mount Wilson Observatory, she was
Giuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italian composer and violinist.
One of the short comings of the silver screen is it snapshots history. Movies ‘pretend’
