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
Stephan Bibrowski, born in Wilczagówa, Poland, in 1890, had a body covered with hair. His
In 1934, eight men were fined $1 each …. … for bathing topless at Coney
In the last century, washing machines were too expensive for most homes, so the laundry
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
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
When you make something illegal, all you do is raise its price. Marijuana smokers in
My favorite quote from ALICE IN WONDERLAND has become my motto as an historian and
Legend has it the Persian emperor Jamsheed loved grapes so much he stored them in
If you are not an Alaskan, this picture will not mean much. So let’s get
One of my favorite anecdotes, hopefully true, involves a couple from Iowa who were visiting
Graciously historically, scientifically, and forensically stated, there was some cannibalism associated with the Donner Party.
Vicious maneaters, right? Actually that’s incorrect. In fact, the piranha got its reputation because of
Starting in 1938, Emerich Juettner – also known as Edward Mueller –started counterfeiting one dollar
There is an old saying that making money is easy. What’s hard is saving it.
Actually, they were. In 1749, the Duke of Portland and the Earl of Chesterfield made
Sometimes it is the ‘little things’ that tell the “big story.’ As an example, here,
One fateful day in the 1870s, the James Robinson Circus traveled to Middleton, Missouri. As
For most people, ‘yesterdays’ are not believable because the photos are black-and-white. This leads people
lice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, didn’t give a whit about the ‘proper
One of the givens in the United States is the USPS, United States Postal Service.
No, it is not THE Louvre. It is the ‘Temporary Louvre,’ a saloon in Juneau
The US standard railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. Why? Because the first railroads
One hundred and 13 years ago, my 19-year-old grandfather arrived in San Francisco on his
Connie the Wiggler wasn't a singer or even a star of the stage but
