“Who invented the telephone booth?
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
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
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
Hummmmm…. According to a modern scholar – and you know how they are – it
Starting in 1938, Emerich Juettner – also known as Edward Mueller –started counterfeiting one dollar
One fateful day in the 1870s, the James Robinson Circus traveled to Middleton, Missouri. As
One of the untold dramas of the Alaska Gold Rush was the building of the
Occasionally, I see an upload which makes me want to stand up and cheer. This
Adage? What’s an adage? An adage is a proverb expressing a generally accepted truth. Like,
In 1912, so many Americans were furious with both the Democratic and Republican parties that
Yup, that’s right. Those books are chained to a library shelf. That’s how valuable these
We hear it every day. America is so violent! Never has there been so much
Some things in Alaska do not change. From the Alaska Gold Rush until today, the
One of the easiest things to do is believe “it can’t happen here.” Well, it
For most people, ‘yesterdays’ are not believable because the photos are black-and-white. This leads people
Yeah, I know. “Photoshop.” Actually, no. It is a double-exposure from 100 years ago. During
There is an old saying that making money is easy. What’s hard is saving it.
Today, Horace Greeley is best known for his advice, “Go West, young man, and grow
There is an old joke that you never have to outrun an angry bear. All
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
In the early days of football, the referees wore white shirts with bowties. But often,
Nome, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, does not have any nearby forests.
In 1951, a snippy newspaper columnist suggested Marilyn Monroe would be better off wearing a
They’re not. They are Lumbee Indians from North Carolina. On January 18, 1958, James W.