“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
One fateful day in the 1870s, the James Robinson Circus traveled to Middleton, Missouri. As
During the Alaska Gold Rush, George Hinton Henry, the “Father of Alaska Journalism,” kept printing
In less then two years we will be remembering the day liquor was illegal in
I’ll bet you think you are looking at flowers. WRONG! These are ‘fields’ of abandoned
Here’s one for the history books! In 2011, photographer David Slater went to Indonesia to
There are a lot of myths ‘running around’ when it comes to blacks and the
In America, we solve problems by making them profitable. Here is an excellent example. Used
In the Alaska dog racing biz, there is a prophetic expression: “unless you are the
With the coronavirus upon us, it’s tempting to talk about ‘the good ol’ days’ when
In the 1870s, America’s foremost – and first – political cartoonist, Thomas Nast, attacked Boss
When it comes to sexual equality, until 1919 women were not guaranteed the right to
While the Afghanistan War was America’s longest, the shortest was the Spanish American War. It
At precisely 12:02 pm, a century ago this September 16th, a massive bomb exploded on
Ok. This is photoshop. It was done in the 1940s to stimulate the Alaska sea
