“Some things you just can’t make up!”
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
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
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
Giovanni Caselli was a priest?! AND a physicist. In 1856, he invented the pantelegraph. In
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
While there is always competition for who is best, rarely for who is worst, but
The middle of the 1700s, farmers would put young pigs in a burlap ‘bag’ to
People ask me why I titled my book WALRUS WITH A GOLD TOOTH. Because there
Nome, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, does not have any nearby forests.
I, as an Alaskan, am outraged some people are giving fake news a bad name.
Actually, it is. During the Alaska Gold Rush there was not many United States dollars
Yup, that’s right. Those books are chained to a library shelf. That’s how valuable these
In 1912, so many Americans were furious with both the Democratic and Republican parties that
Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was having a miserable day.
Let’s see how well you know your actors. Everyone can identify Sean Connery, of course.
There is a stark lesson in the Brett Kavanaugh nomination imbroglio. It is as old
I’ll bet you think you are looking at flowers. WRONG! These are ‘fields’ of abandoned
Yes, and no. In 1941, the Chattanooga Choo Choo – the song, not the choo
This is not photoshop. These are actual combat soldier during World War II and many
The greatest shortcoming of American education is the belief that you ‘teach for the job.’
Alaska bush pilot Archie Ferguson was famous for inventing “The Arctic Bump.” He convinced
