“Talk about a real-life Robin Hood!”
Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was only 30 years old when the FBI shot him
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
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
Stephan Bibrowski, born in Wilczagówa, Poland, in 1890, had a body covered with hair. His
In 1934, eight men were fined $1 each …. … for bathing topless at Coney
In the last century, washing machines were too expensive for most homes, so the laundry
When Coke was introduced in China in 1982, Chinese shopkeepers sold the beverage as kekoukela.
My favorite quote from ALICE IN WONDERLAND has become my motto as an historian and
There’s been a lot of talk lately about who the “real” Americans are. The implication
Historians believe that beer – invented in Sumeria around 600 BCE – was brewed by
This is not a photograph of the past, it is a picture of the future.
In many parts of the US, women were voting long before August 20, 1920. In
Here’s a REAL Alaska Gold Rush saloon! It’s from the Koyukuk, one of the real-life
Actually, they were. In 1749, the Duke of Portland and the Earl of Chesterfield made
Alaskan humorist Warren Sitka is famous for his admonition that humanity is best served by
One of the constants in America is discrimination against some ethnic, religious or cultural group.
With the coronavirus upon us, it’s tempting to talk about ‘the good ol’ days’ when
Yes, this is a photograph of Bristol, England. It was alleged taken from the crest
This is Quanah Parker, war leader of the Kwahadi (“Antelope”) band of the Comanches. He
One hundred years ago, a rag-tag army of military officers and civilians like these men
When people think of a gold rush, they instantly think the big money is made
Anthony "Tony" Dimond, Alaska's lone delegate to the United States Congress from 1933 to 1944,
It depends on the language you speak. In English, the term gypsy was short for
Hollywood’s greatest curse is that it makes the past appear so clean. Which is why
