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John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro, who died at the age of 33, packed a lot
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
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
Stephan Bibrowski, born in Wilczagówa, Poland, in 1890, had a body covered with hair. His
No? Well, Abraham Lincoln did. In 1864 he was running for re-election against a very
This is a sight that, sadly, is more than an historic snapshot of the past.
This is not photoshop. It is an actual sculpture and it symbolizes my mantra as
One of the easiest things to do is complain. And the people who do it
A ‘fourth panel’ is a way to transcend an art form. Traditionally, a painting is
After the Civil War, the field of photography took a deplorable turn. Many families had
No, it is not because Christ supposedly fed 5,000 worshipers with two fish and five
There is an old expression that “all politics is local.” But not that many people
Of course, it’s the sphinx. Everyone knows that. Everyone. Since the beginning of time. Really?
President Calvin Coolidge could be a prankster. He would sometimes page a Secret Service agent.
In the last century, washing machines were too expensive for most homes, so the laundry
Keep this photograph in mind next time you go to your local store and buy
In about 1910, Alaska Gold Rush newspaper editor/printer/investigative reporter George Hinton Henry published scathing but
Actually, it is. During the Alaska Gold Rush there was not many United States dollars
Nome, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, does not have any nearby forests.
I’d like to believe this photoshop. But then, again ……….. My father – like all
One hundred years ago, a rag-tag army of military officers and civilians like these men
Frank B. Adams, born in 1847, was a professional carom billiards player – in the
