“Who invented the telephone booth?
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
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
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
Hummmmm…. According to a modern scholar – and you know how they are – it
Frank B. Adams, born in 1847, was a professional carom billiards player – in the
From 1438 to 1532, the Inca Empire covered what is now Peru and Ecuador along
One of the short comings of the silver screen is it snapshots history. Movies ‘pretend’
Yup, that’s right. Those books are chained to a library shelf. That’s how valuable these
Here’s a glimpse of the authentic “Western” sound! Not a guitar or banjo to be
General Wilds P. Richardson arrived in the District of Alaska – Alaska was not a
The middle of the 1700s, farmers would put young pigs in a burlap ‘bag’ to
Today, Horace Greeley is best known for his advice, “Go West, young man, and grow
Starting in 1938, Emerich Juettner – also known as Edward Mueller –started counterfeiting one dollar
This was Otto Skorzney, considered to be “the most dangerous man in Europe” during the
Alaska bush pilot Archie Ferguson was famous for inventing “The Arctic Bump.” He convinced
Just a pile of rubble, eh? It’s the aftermath of the LARGEST terrorist attack in
One hundred years ago, a rag-tag army of military officers and civilians like these men
In these days of the COVID19, people are looking back at the Spanish Influenza of
Can you see the difference in height between these two men? No, these are not
This is one of those historic photographs that would never make a book – much
