Hollywood’s Greatest Curse
Hollywood’s greatest curse is that it makes the past appear so clean. Which is why
Sometimes truth is stranger – and funnier—than fiction!!
This was Bishop Rowe in about 1920. No pictures of Billy the Horse exist. During
Historic Photographs
This is one of those historic photographs that would never make a book – much
“Talk about the ‘middle of nowhere!’”
The Aleutian Island chain in Alaska is infamous for its unpredictable weather patterns. This is
“Poison?! Really?! Uh-huh. Then why is the emperor drinking it?”
Legend has it the Persian emperor Jamsheed loved grapes so much he stored them in
Mata Hari: Spy? Scapegoat? Payback? To this day, no one knows for sure.
In February of 1917, Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and self-confessed harlot, was arrested in
“What was it really like in Nome during the Alaska Gold Rush?”
So little is known about the Alaska Gold Rush that most Americans think the Klondike
John Wesley Hardin and “Wild Bill” Hickok were friends?
John Wesley Hardin stands out as the most ruthless killer in not only the Old
“When faced with an impossible problem, think in reverse!”
Often a genius is someone who just looks at a problem differently. Between 1905 and
“F. X. O. 7? What ……?”
Before there was a Wild West, bandanas were the rage in England among the wealthy.
“How do you stop a mutiny with just one word? Ask Julius Caesar.”
In 47 BCE, Julius Caesar was faced with a mutiny. The Tenth Legion was demanding