“She’s a member of the Lunatic Fringe?!”
Hollywood aficionados will immediately recognize Louise Brooks. Her beauty is timeless. She was an icon
“Where’d you go, Mr. President?”
President Calvin Coolidge could be a prankster. He would sometimes page a Secret Service agent.
“Would you pay $77,634 for a copy of the Constitution?”
No? Well, Abraham Lincoln did. In 1864 he was running for re-election against a very
“Let’s give credit where credit is due!”
General Wilds P. Richardson arrived in the District of Alaska – Alaska was not a
“Bite the whatttt?!”
When Coke was introduced in China in 1982, Chinese shopkeepers sold the beverage as kekoukela.
“What’s a Fourth Panel and why should I care?”
A ‘fourth panel’ is a way to transcend an art form. Traditionally, a painting is
“An Alaska Gold Rush Specialty! Really!!”
Before Alaska was a Territory it was a District. The first Governor of the District
“Sacre Bleu! What kind of a man paints a woman like THAT?!!”
Henri Matisse did, as a matter of fact. Of his wife. In 1905. When he
An Alaska Gold Rush Scam that worked!
Wilson Mizner, the loveable scoundrel of the Alaska Gold Rush, worked as a bartender in
An Alaska Gold Rush Millionaire! What?!
When people think of a gold rush, they instantly think the big money is made
“What do cats have to do with the Alaska Gold Rush?”
When it comes to the Alaska Gold Rush, cats don’t get a lot of credit.
“Hey, that ain’ money!”
Actually, it is. During the Alaska Gold Rush there was not many United States dollars