“He collected cats?!”
As a matter of fact, he did. ‘He,’ in this case, was President of the
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
As a matter of fact, he did. ‘He,’ in this case, was President of the
Yes, it is! Because the British Navy was prohibited from ruling on land, AND there
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
Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a
One hundred and 13 years ago, my 19-year-old grandfather arrived in San Francisco on his
Nome, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, does not have any nearby forests.
When hard-core Russian Marxist writer Maxim Gorky came to America, his hosts took him to
Louis XI of France, 3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483, was a master of
Captain Heinz Noonan, the “bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was deeply immersed in
From June 6th to 9th, 1912, the most spectacular eruption in recorded history and the
The greatest power of writing is offering the reader a new perspective. ANYONE can write
This is a photograph of a bank run in 1929. These people are scared their
The single, most important reason to read history – ANY HISTORY – is because things
Occasionally, I see an upload which makes me want to stand up and cheer. This
There is an old saying that making money is easy. What’s hard is saving it.
This was Mary Katherine Goddard, one of the first women publishers in America. She ran
DO NOT ROLL YOUR EYES when I tell you this is a statue of Sonny
The US standard railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. Why? Because the first railroads
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and
Everyone has a different perspective on life. As you can see, Salvadore Dali’s view of
Until the movie PATTON, in 1970, General George S. Patton, was largely a forgotten hero.
I’ll bet you didn’t know that Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” was based on a
When Alaska became a state, there was shortage of coins, particularly in the bush. Most
