“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
Ballyhoo. Now here’s a word you don’t hear every day. At least not yet. It’s
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
This was Bishop Rowe in about 1920. No pictures of Billy the Horse exist. During
The Alaska Gold Rush lasted 40 years, from 1880 to the First World War. It
Actually, it is. Before 1966, Catholics were not allowed to eat meat during Lent. So,
Just a bunch of camels, right? Yeah, but there is something lurking under those waters.
When it comes to the Alaska Gold Rush, cats don’t get a lot of credit.
Alaska bush pilot Archie Ferguson was famous for inventing “The Arctic Bump.” He convinced
Not a lot of social distancing here but, then again, this was 1890. Historically, the
On July 22, 1916, San Francisco held a Preparedness Day Parade to show its readiness
There’s been a lot of talk lately about who the “real” Americans are. The implication
This was Mary Katherine Goddard, one of the first women publishers in America. She ran
People ask me why I titled my book WALRUS WITH A GOLD TOOTH. Because there
Everyone loves a Fourth of July Parade! One of the nice things about historic photographs
Wanna talk?! Here’s a stunning, historical image that most people would flip on by in
No, it is not because Christ supposedly fed 5,000 worshipers with two fish and five
There is an old expression that “all politics is local.” But not that many people
Like your job? Like your doctor? Have you thanked your grandmother lately? (Or your great-grandmother
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
