“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
It’s easy to say how BAD things are right now: COVID19, race riots, high unemployment,
Sometimes it is the ‘little things’ that tell the “big story.’ As an example, here,
You should have no trouble recognizing the man with his hands in his pockets. It’s
Wanna talk?! Here’s a stunning, historical image that most people would flip on by in
As you are reading this, are being quarantined offshore in San Francisco because they might
In these days of the COVID19, people are looking back at the Spanish Influenza of
It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God
Before Alaska was a Territory it was a District. The first Governor of the District
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
All Roman roads had mileage stones, set one thousand paces apart. The term “mile” comes
Welcome to Nome, Alaska on July 4, 1900! Talk about a tough city! It was
Hollywood aficionados will immediately recognize Louise Brooks. Her beauty is timeless. She was an icon
One of the untold dramas of the Alaska Gold Rush was the building of the
In the Alaska dog racing biz, there is a prophetic expression: “unless you are the
Ballyhoo. Now here’s a word you don’t hear every day. At least not yet. It’s
One of the givens in the United States is the USPS, United States Postal Service.
Courtesy of the Alaska Gold Rush, we have two Alaskan terms in common usage –
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
