“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
Here’s one for the history books! In 2011, photographer David Slater went to Indonesia to
Actually, it doesn’t. Anytime there is a new technology, you can be assured there will
In the days before GPS, the maritime industry created nautical charts using bottles. It’s true.
This is a shot of New York in 1887. What you see are electrical wires
Welcome to Nome, Alaska on July 4, 1900! Talk about a tough city! It was
Ballyhoo. Now here’s a word you don’t hear every day. At least not yet. It’s
The real lesson of COVID-19 has yet to learned. The ongoing reduction of income taxes
Can you see the difference in height between these two men? No, these are not
You think this flu season is bad? Not a chance! 100 years ago, America suffered
Nice, eh? Historic but nice. Well, these are fashions from my great grandparents’ women’s fashion
When it comes to sexual equality, until 1919 women were not guaranteed the right to
As you are reading this, are being quarantined offshore in San Francisco because they might
This is probably the most well-known photograph of the Alaska Gold Rush. There is just
This was Mary Katherine Goddard, one of the first women publishers in America. She ran
One of the untold dramas of the Alaska Gold Rush was the building of the
This is as Alaskan as you can get. What you are seeing is a line
Adage? What’s an adage? An adage is a proverb expressing a generally accepted truth. Like,
Frank B. Adams, born in 1847, was a professional carom billiards player – in the
Far too often people have a Hollywood version of history. In Western movies, the streets
The Golden Age of Hollywood glamorized the cowboy and the Wild West. Unfortunately, what appeared
Judge George Wythe had a stellar career. In addition to being one of the signers
