“Some things you just can’t make up!”
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
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
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
Edward Hines. He was a Commissioner of the Wayne County Road Commission in Michigan from
In the days before the automobile, everything you needed came to your local store in
General Wilds P. Richardson arrived in the District of Alaska – Alaska was not a
One fateful day in the 1870s, the James Robinson Circus traveled to Middleton, Missouri. As
One of the short comings of the silver screen is it snapshots history. Movies ‘pretend’
Whatever you do, there will be critics. And the further forward you think, the more
This is one of my favorite editorial pictures. His name is “Has No Horses,” or,
Nothing pictures. We all have them. Photographs of, well, nothing in particular. Not worth savings
During the Alaska Gold Rush, George Hinton Henry, the “Father of Alaska Journalism,” kept printing
This is one of those historic photographs that would never make a book – much
Henri Matisse did, as a matter of fact. Of his wife. In 1905. When he
One of the historical tidbits students miss is the importance of the United States Postal
In 1838, Louis Daguerre was experimenting with a new technology called photography in Paris. Compared
Today, “horsepower” is a measure of strength of a car. But that has only been
Giovanni Caselli was a priest?! AND a physicist. In 1856, he invented the pantelegraph. In
The greatest shortcoming of American education is the belief that you ‘teach for the job.’
Yup, that’s right. Those books are chained to a library shelf. That’s how valuable these
Frank B. Adams, born in 1847, was a professional carom billiards player – in the
Being an off the wall thinker means you come up with novel solution to everyday
