“Here’s a glimpse of the past that will give you a glimpse of the future.”
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
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
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
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
Snazzy home, right? Actually, it’s – or was – a microwave repeater. As late as
When you make something illegal, all you do is raise its price. Marijuana smokers in
There is an old saying that making money is easy. What’s hard is saving it.
This is a sight that, sadly, is more than an historic snapshot of the past.
One fateful day in the 1870s, the James Robinson Circus traveled to Middleton, Missouri. As
To this day, one-third of Alaska’s population lives in villages that are not connected to
General Wilds P. Richardson arrived in the District of Alaska – Alaska was not a
The middle of the 1700s, farmers would put young pigs in a burlap ‘bag’ to
Just across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas, a booming metropolis of 26,255 in 2010,
There’s been a lot of talk lately about who the “real” Americans are. The implication
In the days before the automobile, everything you needed came to your local store in
During the Alaska Gold Rush, George Hinton Henry, the “Father of Alaska Journalism,” kept printing
Just a pile of rubble, eh? It’s the aftermath of the LARGEST terrorist attack in
Yeah, I know. “Photoshop.” Actually, no. It is a double-exposure from 100 years ago. During
This was the solution to the energy crisis in Nome during the Alaska Gold Rush.
