“Who invented the telephone booth?
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
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
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
Hummmmm…. According to a modern scholar – and you know how they are – it
This is the Culebra Cut in what would become the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal
Actually, it doesn’t. Anytime there is a new technology, you can be assured there will
When hard-core Russian Marxist writer Maxim Gorky came to America, his hosts took him to
People ask me why I titled my book WALRUS WITH A GOLD TOOTH. Because there
Today, “horsepower” is a measure of strength of a car. But that has only been
William Harvey Carney (February 29, 1840 – December 9, 1908) was an African American soldier
In today’s dollars, the United States government spent $7.5 billion to build the Alaska Railroad
During the Second World War, the Germans were trying to bomb the Suez Canal to
Wanna talk?! Here’s a stunning, historical image that most people would flip on by in
In 1854, Levi Boone became Mayor of Chicago on the Know-Nothing Party whose tenets were
Just across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas, a booming metropolis of 26,255 in 2010,
As part of his duties as King of Prussia, Frederick William I, King of Prussia,
With the coronavirus upon us, it’s tempting to talk about ‘the good ol’ days’ when
Occasionally, I see an upload which makes me want to stand up and cheer. This
Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a
Not a lot of social distancing here but, then again, this was 1890. Historically, the
This is one of those historic photographs that would never make a book – much
One of the best-known images of the Klondike Strike is the line of men lock
After the Civil War, the field of photography took a deplorable turn. Many families had
There is an old folk song whose chorus goes, “We’ve come a long way, brother.”
