“Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.”
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
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
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
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
Next time you complain about the postal service, look at what it WAS. This photograph
In the days before the automobile, everything you needed came to your local store in
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
DO NOT ROLL YOUR EYES when I tell you this is a statue of Sonny
The Alaska Gold Rush lasted 40 years, from 1880 to the First World War. It
Louis XI of France, 3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483, was a master of
Here’s a glimpse of the past and the future together. Can you identify the man
Here’s a blast from the past. This is Joshua Pusey, the inventor of the matchbook.
In the Alaska dog racing biz, there is a prophetic expression: “unless you are the
The US standard railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. Why? Because the first railroads
In the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Abraham Lincoln’s position on slavery was clear: “I am naturally
This is an iconic image of Americana: a newspaper boy. He was the Yahoo of
Meet Captain James Iredell of the Confederate commercial raider Shenandoah. His assignment was to destroy
This is one of those historic photographs that would never make a book – much
Just a bunch of camels, right? Yeah, but there is something lurking under those waters.
This is not photoshop. It is ‘law and order’ during the Alaska Gold Rush. There
Here’s a REAL Alaska Gold Rush saloon! It’s from the Koyukuk, one of the real-life
Yup, it’s a sea horse. (No Photoshop necessary.) The scientific name for the seahorse is
This is one of those historic photographs that would never make a book – much
