“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
One of the easiest things to say is “I’m smart.” This implies thinking is not
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. This is Wojtek. The bear, that is. He was
During the Alaska Gold Rush, it was said of Erwin A. “Nimrod” Robertson that he
Can you see the difference in height between these two men? No, these are not
He was James Brown Miller and he was a hired killer, from 1861 until he
There is a golden age of innovation, literature and art coming! How do I know?
John Wesley Hardin stands out as the most ruthless killer in not only the Old
Actually, it is. During the Alaska Gold Rush there was not many United States dollars
During the Alaska Gold Rush, communities were erupting from the earth and then ‘going ghost’
Yes, this is a photograph of Bristol, England. It was alleged taken from the crest
When hard-core Russian Marxist writer Maxim Gorky came to America, his hosts took him to
In February of 1917, Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and self-confessed harlot, was arrested in
This is a shot of New York in 1887. What you see are electrical wires
Yup, that’s right. Those books are chained to a library shelf. That’s how valuable these
Actually, they were. In 1749, the Duke of Portland and the Earl of Chesterfield made
During the Second World War, Lt. Norman Wilkinson of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve came
Everyone loves a Fourth of July Parade! One of the nice things about historic photographs
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