John Charles Frémont was an explorer, topologist, botanist, soldier, politician, railroad tycoon, gold miner, abolitionist,…
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In 1965, the musical film The Sound of Music, adapted from the Broadway play of…
When people ask what you do for a living, there are few answers you could…
In the 1920s, the restaurant industry in America began to resemble its modern-day counterpart, at…
Much of the life of Albert Frederick Arthur George, called Bertie by family and friends,…
If there’s one thing Americans love, it’s an underdog story. And the story of a…
In November 1887, the popular paperback magazine Beeton’s Christmas Annual introduced a new character to…
It was August 1856, and some miners were excavating limestone in the Feldhofer caves in…
“When the lofty Anu, King of the Annunaki, and Bel, Lord of Heaven and Earth……
Oda Nobunaga hacked out the stones, Toyotomi Hideyoshi cut them into shape, and Tokugawa Ieyasu…
During the 1950s, James Clavell was a scriptwriter trying to make it in Hollywood. Then,…
There has been spirited debate among historians over which of the 46 Presidents of the…
