This 1928 view of Fremont Street depicts a car racing down a dusty dirt road—from the looks of the main drag, it appears this could be any old western frontier town. Few could guess this mining town was about to become the fabulous Las Vegas thanks to two developments on the horizon: ...
The name was apparently inspired by the Clippy mascot featured in Microsoft Word that would pop up on the screen to see if you needed anything. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Violet Clair (@violetclair) Paperclipping might look something like this: You receive a message from ...
government signed a treaty recognizing South Dakota’s Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation. However, the government had a change of heart and decided to break the treaty in 1874 when Custer led an excursion of miners who had been looking for gold into the Black Hills. ...
All were aboard when the Roma crashed. Dale Mabry (March 22, 1891–February 21, 1922) was an American World War I aviator. Mabry, a native of Florida, was a son of former Florida Supreme Court Justice and Lt. Gov. of Florida Milton Harvey Mabry (b. 1851). Dr. Frank Scozzari ...
For the Term of His Natural Lifeis a 1927 Australian film directed, produced and co-written byNorman Dawn. It is based onthe 1874 novelbyMarcus Clarke, and was the most expensive Australian silent film ever made. It remains one of the most famous Australian films of the silent era. John...
The following Monday morning Thelma was found in the garage of Roland West and Jewel Carman’s pad, dead in her own car. The door of the garage closed, the cause of death: suicide by monoxide gas poisoning. Her expensive jewelry still on, as was her mink coat, now stained with coagulat...
In setting out to create any new dance, Ottawa-born, internationally renowned choreographer Emma Portner asks herself, “What have I not seen in the world?” Such was the conception forislands, a fascinatingly complex duet for two women made for and premiered by the Norwegian Opera & Ballet...
A look back at Sioux Falls from 50 years ago, when gas was 40 cents a gallon and a new house cost $25,000.
The 20-year-old nursing-home employee from suburban Pittsburgh who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump was a registered Republican who packed explosives in the vehicle he drove to the campaign rally an hour from his home.
Celine Dion has been singing since she was just 5 years old, and she wrote her first song at 12. She has been an iconic voice for decades and now she has to step away from the mic. Her condition is scary and really rare, so what exactly is it?