“Did slavery make the South rich?”
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, 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
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, the
Roman history records five widespread Plebian Secessions between 494 and 287 BC.
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
It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God
Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a
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Every historical era has its acronyms, legends and heroes. If you are a millennial, it
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
Readers do not know how blessed they are. In 1951, this WAS interlibrary loan in
Talk about truth being stranger than fiction! In 1898, during the Klondike Rush, a young
Some things never change. From the moment of the birth of the internet, the first
While there is always competition for who is best, rarely for who is worst, but
It is easy to talk about ‘the good old days.’ Unfortunately those memories are only
The true value of education is keep you from making a fool of yourself
During the Alaska Gold Rush there was no liquor in Alaska. According to the United
There is an old expression that “all politics is local.” But not that many people
You should have no trouble recognizing the man with his hands in his pockets. It’s
One of the constants in America is discrimination against some ethnic, religious or cultural group.
