“He collected cats?!”
As a matter of fact, he did. ‘He,’ in this case, was President of 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
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
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
Constructed to be the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, the Eiffel Tower
In many parts of the US, women were voting long before August 20, 1920. In
François Rabelais, the great French writer of the 1500s, was a master of creative thinking.
Hard as it is to believe, America’s first black celebrity was a magician, hypnotist and
Actually, it is. During the Alaska Gold Rush there was not many United States dollars
The Aleutian Island chain in Alaska is infamous for its unpredictable weather patterns. This is
Bitcoins and money. Prior to Alaska statehood, there is a dearth of coins. BIG transactions
One hundred years ago on this date, a terror bombing took place in San Francisco
This scene, which happened in Anchorage, Alaska, happened all across the country in the 1920s
Sometimes it is the ‘little things’ that tell the “big story.’ As an example, here,
One of the short comings of the silver screen is it snapshots history. Movies ‘pretend’
While there is always competition for who is best, rarely for who is worst, but
One of the easiest things to say is “I’m smart.” This implies thinking is not
I’d like to believe this photoshop. But then, again ……….. My father – like all
In 1854, Levi Boone became Mayor of Chicago on the Know-Nothing Party whose tenets were
The true value of education is keep you from making a fool of yourself
Meet Elizabeth Jane “Jennie” Cloud Winner. She was born in 1822 in Virginia and moved
Yup, it’s a sea horse. (No Photoshop necessary.) The scientific name for the seahorse is
During the Second World War, Lt. Norman Wilkinson of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve came