“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
François Rabelais, the great French writer of the 1500s, was a master of creative thinking.
During the Alaska Gold Rush, it was said of Erwin A. “Nimrod” Robertson that he
Just a bunch of camels, right? Yeah, but there is something lurking under those waters.
Before there was a Wild West, bandanas were the rage in England among the wealthy.
There is an old joke that you never have to outrun an angry bear. All
Welcome to Nome, Alaska on July 4, 1900! Talk about a tough city! It was
If you are not an Alaskan, this picture will not mean much. So let’s get
To this day, one-third of Alaska’s population lives in villages that are not connected to
Hard as it is to believe, America’s first black celebrity was a magician, hypnotist and
If there is any one photograph from Alaska that should send shivers down the spine
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and
One of the most iconic images of the Arctic for tourists is the blanket toss.
Graciously historically, scientifically, and forensically stated, there was some cannibalism associated with the Donner Party.
There is an old expression that “all politics is local.” But not that many people
I’ll bet you didn’t know that Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” was based on a
During the Second World War, the Germans were trying to bomb the Suez Canal to
