“Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.”
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
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
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
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
25th Infantry Regiment, 1890 At the end of the Civil War, many black Union veterans
Petroleum as a fuel source is on the wane. We will not have another century
One of the constants in America is discrimination against some ethnic, religious or cultural group.
After the Civil War, the field of photography took a deplorable turn. Many families had
One of the givens in the United States is the USPS, United States Postal Service.
Courtesy of the Alaska Gold Rush, we have two Alaskan terms in common usage –
This was Mary Katherine Goddard, one of the first women publishers in America. She ran
One hundred years ago on this date, a terror bombing took place in San Francisco
where the temperature gets all the way down to 65!, in most of Alaska, 65
I’ll bet you think you are looking at flowers. WRONG! These are ‘fields’ of abandoned
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
If you are a pilot and are planning on making airdrops, make absolutely certain that
While on a hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt ‘came up empty.’
In Nome, anyone could, in actuality, find gold just lying on the ground. In sand,
In the days before the automobile, everything you needed came to your local store in
George Franklin Wade had an astonishing record of both criminal activity and escapes. He was
Can you see the difference in height between these two men? No, these are not
This is a photograph of a real black cowboy. His name was Nat Love –
As part of his duties as King of Prussia, Frederick William I, King of Prussia,
This scene, which happened in Anchorage, Alaska, happened all across the country in the 1920s