“Some things you just can’t make up!”
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
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
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
Edward Hines. He was a Commissioner of the Wayne County Road Commission in Michigan from
Historians believe that beer – invented in Sumeria around 600 BCE – was brewed by
In February of 1917, Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and self-confessed harlot, was arrested in
All Roman roads had mileage stones, set one thousand paces apart. The term “mile” comes
This is the Culebra Cut in what would become the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal
I’ll bet you didn’t know that Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” was based on a
Here’s a glimpse of the past and the future together. Can you identify the man
From June 6th to 9th, 1912, the most spectacular eruption in recorded history and the
My favorite quote from ALICE IN WONDERLAND has become my motto as an historian and
One of the easiest things to do is believe “it can’t happen here.” Well, it
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
Next time you are sitting in an airport terminal and complaining about how tough travel
There is an old folk song whose chorus goes, “We’ve come a long way, brother.”
As a writer, my mantra is “If you don’t have something unique, you have nothing.”
He was James Brown Miller and he was a hired killer, from 1861 until he
If you are not an Alaskan, this picture will not mean much. So let’s get
In many parts of the US, women were voting long before August 20, 1920. In
Louis XI of France, 3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483, was a master of
One of the best-known images of the Klondike Strike is the line of men lock
Keep this photograph in mind next time you go to your local store and buy
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
