“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
Ballyhoo. Now here’s a word you don’t hear every day. At least not yet. It’s
Like your job? Like your doctor? Have you thanked your grandmother lately? (Or your great-grandmother
While on a hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt ‘came up empty.’
Hollywood aficionados will immediately recognize Louise Brooks. Her beauty is timeless. She was an icon
This was an IBM computer in 1958. 40% of the US population was alive in
This is a shot of New York in 1887. What you see are electrical wires
Quick, millenials, what is this? And why did your grandparents always take a pen to
William Harvey Carney (February 29, 1840 – December 9, 1908) was an African American soldier
During the summer of 1919, a United States Army Major was assigned to a transcontinental
Sometimes it is the ‘little things’ that tell the “big story.’ As an example, here,
This was the solution to the energy crisis in Nome during the Alaska Gold Rush.
During the Alaska Gold Rush, communities were erupting from the earth and then ‘going ghost’
This scene, which happened in Anchorage, Alaska, happened all across the country in the 1920s
The Golden Age of Hollywood glamorized the cowboy and the Wild West. Unfortunately, what appeared
The US standard railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. Why? Because the first railroads
This was Otto Skorzney, considered to be “the most dangerous man in Europe” during the
While there is always competition for who is best, rarely for who is worst, but
Nome, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, does not have any nearby forests.
If you are a writer, you should pay homage to the figure on the right.
