Buffalo never roamed in the West
The only buffalo in the United States are in zoos. Here we have bison. That’s
You don’t need a crystal ball to see the future; just follow the money! Every issue in human history has
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 only buffalo in the United States are in zoos. Here we have bison. That’s
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China died in 210 B.C. He was on
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, the
Roman history records five widespread Plebian Secessions between 494 and 287 BC.
As a matter of fact, he did. ‘He,’ in this case, was President of the
Yes, it is! Because the British Navy was prohibited from ruling on land, AND there
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
It is easy to talk about ‘leaping into the future.’ The reality is substantially different.
Meet Captain James Iredell of the Confederate commercial raider Shenandoah. His assignment was to destroy
While on a hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt ‘came up empty.’
A highly-lauded Wyoming mountain man in his day was John Johnson. In fact, he was
My favorite quote from ALICE IN WONDERLAND has become my motto as an historian and
Whatever you do, there will be critics. And the further forward you think, the more
Some things never change. From the moment of the birth of the internet, the first
A ‘fourth panel’ is a way to transcend an art form. Traditionally, a painting is
Vicious maneaters, right? Actually that’s incorrect. In fact, the piranha got its reputation because of
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
Every historical era has its acronyms, legends and heroes. If you are a millennial, it
One fateful day in the 1870s, the James Robinson Circus traveled to Middleton, Missouri. As
One hundred and 13 years ago, my 19-year-old grandfather arrived in San Francisco on his
Starting in 1938, Emerich Juettner – also known as Edward Mueller –started counterfeiting one dollar
