“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
Giuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italian composer and violinist.
This is probably the most well-known photograph of the Alaska Gold Rush. There is just
In the days before GPS, the maritime industry created nautical charts using bottles. It’s true.
The greatest power of writing is offering the reader a new perspective. ANYONE can write
That’s what a patron of P.T. Barnum’s American Museum claimed. And he took Barnum to
One of the easiest things to say is “I’m smart.” This implies thinking is not
Spooky, eh? He’s Jasper Maskelyne and he made a modest living as a magician until
In 1854, Levi Boone became Mayor of Chicago on the Know-Nothing Party whose tenets were
From June 6th to 9th, 1912, the most spectacular eruption in recorded history and the
This is one of those historic photographs that would never make a book – much
One of the short comings of the silver screen is it snapshots history. Movies ‘pretend’
The US standard railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. Why? Because the first railroads
For most people, ‘yesterdays’ are not believable because the photos are black-and-white. This leads people
I’ll bet you are thinking what I was thinking when I first saw this children’s
Sometimes it is the ‘little things’ that tell the “big story.’ As an example, here,
The Alaska Gold Rush lasted 40 years, from 1880 to the First World War. It
This was Mary Katherine Goddard, one of the first women publishers in America. She ran
This is the interior of a real Alaska Gold Rush saloon. It was in Koyukuk
