“Talk about a real-life Robin Hood!”
Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was only 30 years old when the FBI shot him
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
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
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
Mary Dyer was the first woman in American history to be hanged. In 1685, she
The cleverest people are usually the least credited in history. Take English Sea Captain Woodes
One of the short comings of the silver screen is it snapshots history. Movies ‘pretend’
A ‘fourth panel’ is a way to transcend an art form. Traditionally, a painting is
This photograph intrigues me. Why? Because these salmon left this stream five years ago when
Let’s see how well you know your actors. Everyone can identify Sean Connery, of course.
Yes, there’s a good chance the ‘stuff’ in the bottle is whiskey. But then again,
You would have to have been an Alaskan in the last century to understand the
This is called a sport fishing fantasy. But you have to be careful with fantasies.
Every generation of Americans has a boogeyman. The ‘evil immigrants’ have included the French, English,
This is as Alaskan as you can get. What you are seeing is a line
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There is an old expression that “all politics is local.” But not that many people
It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God
Actually, it doesn’t. Anytime there is a new technology, you can be assured there will
When it comes to the Alaska Gold Rush, cats don’t get a lot of credit.
Judge George Wythe had a stellar career. In addition to being one of the signers
There is an old folk song whose chorus goes, “We’ve come a long way, brother.”
The single, most important reason to read history – ANY HISTORY – is because things
