“Did slavery make the South rich?”
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, 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
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, the
Roman history records five widespread Plebian Secessions between 494 and 287 BC.
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
One of the short comings of the silver screen is it snapshots history. Movies ‘pretend’
lice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, didn’t give a whit about the ‘proper
If you live in New York, you will instantly recognize this building. If you don’t
Petroleum as a fuel source is on the wane. We will not have another century
Wanna party?! This is a photograph of an ‘entertaining’ evening in Koyukuk in 1900, just
[huge_it_video_player id="2"] We all makes mistakes, some of the whoppers. Some of those errors in
Here’s a blast from the past. This is Joshua Pusey, the inventor of the matchbook.
Alaskan humorist Warren Sitka notes the problem with ignorance is it breeds faster than common
This is not photoshop. These are actual combat soldier during World War II and many
In February of 1917, Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and self-confessed harlot, was arrested in
In 1919, a hack writer by the name of Johnston McCulley wrote a five-part story
Buffalo Calf Road Woman of the Northern Cheyenne was one of the few women warriors.
Just a bunch of camels, right? Yeah, but there is something lurking under those waters.
Bitcoins and money. Prior to Alaska statehood, there is a dearth of coins. BIG transactions
George Franklin Wade had an astonishing record of both criminal activity and escapes. He was
One of the easiest things to do is believe “it can’t happen here.” Well, it
Alaska bush pilot Archie Ferguson was famous for inventing “The Arctic Bump.” He convinced