“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
Yes, and no. In 1941, the Chattanooga Choo Choo – the song, not the choo
The real lesson of COVID-19 has yet to learned. The ongoing reduction of income taxes
Contrary to popular belief, history is not the story of the past. It is the
This is called a sport fishing fantasy. But you have to be careful with fantasies.
Petroleum as a fuel source is on the wane. We will not have another century
John Wesley Hardin stands out as the most ruthless killer in not only the Old
It depends on the language you speak. In English, the term gypsy was short for
Here’s a glimpse of the past and the future together. Can you identify the man
Bitcoins and money. Prior to Alaska statehood, there is a dearth of coins. BIG transactions
When people think of a gold rush, they instantly think the big money is made
Because banking was NOT in the United States Constitution, anyone could open a bank. And
That’s what a patron of P.T. Barnum’s American Museum claimed. And he took Barnum to
These were the remains of “Big Nose George” Parrot in 1950, half a century after
It is easy to talk about ‘the good old days.’ Unfortunately those memories are only
All Roman roads had mileage stones, set one thousand paces apart. The term “mile” comes
One hundred years ago on this date, a terror bombing took place in San Francisco
He was James Brown Miller and he was a hired killer, from 1861 until he
Today, what time it is depends on where you are. Prior to the Industrial Age,
