“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
This is an iconic image of Americana: a newspaper boy. He was the Yahoo of
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
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
In the Alaska dog racing biz, there is a prophetic expression: “unless you are the
Before Alaska was a Territory it was a District. The first Governor of the District
Meet Elizabeth Jane “Jennie” Cloud Winner. She was born in 1822 in Virginia and moved
In today’s dollars, the United States government spent $7.5 billion to build the Alaska Railroad
Every generation of Americans has a boogeyman. The ‘evil immigrants’ have included the French, English,
You cannot tell some people to ‘be normal.’ And particularly not a woman in the
The Golden Age of Hollywood glamorized the cowboy and the Wild West. Unfortunately, what appeared
In the days before the automobile, everything you needed came to your local store in
In 1925, Francis X. Bushman wanted the part of Messala in the upcoming production of
In the early days of football, the referees wore white shirts with bowties. But often,
At precisely 12:02 pm, a century ago this September 16th, a massive bomb exploded on
lice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, didn’t give a whit about the ‘proper
This is not photoshop. These are actual combat soldier during World War II and many
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
In many parts of the US, women were voting long before August 20, 1920. In
