“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
Henri Matisse did, as a matter of fact. Of his wife. In 1905. When he
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
This is not photoshop or artwork. It’s the engine room of a German submarine during
This Labor Day let’s remember – and thank – Francis Perkins. She was the longest
Just another old photo, eh? Well, old photos hide stunning truths. This is my mother’s
This is a shot of New York in 1887. What you see are electrical wires
Anthony "Tony" Dimond, Alaska's lone delegate to the United States Congress from 1933 to 1944,
During the Alaska Gold Rush, George Hinton Henry, the “Father of Alaska Journalism,” kept printing
François Rabelais, the great French writer of the 1500s, was a master of creative thinking.
If you are a pilot and are planning on making airdrops, make absolutely certain that
Jean Lussier was the ultimate entrepreneur. In 1928, he went over Niagara Falls in rubber
Whatever you do, there will be critics. And the further forward you think, the more
This is the Kay Linton Memorial Ice Fountain outside the Loussac Library in Anchorage, Alaska.
Meet Captain James Iredell of the Confederate commercial raider Shenandoah. His assignment was to destroy
This is not photoshop. It is ‘law and order’ during the Alaska Gold Rush. There
This was the solution to the energy crisis in Nome during the Alaska Gold Rush.
From June 6th to 9th, 1912, the most spectacular eruption in recorded history and the
Occasionally, I see an upload which makes me want to stand up and cheer. This
Next time you are sitting in an airport terminal and complaining about how tough travel
Like many fashions, high heels have come a long way since the 10th Century when
In these days of the COVID19, people are looking back at the Spanish Influenza of