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96Hyperinflation in Post World War I Germany
by Chuck
In responding to one of the comments about my recent Hub about Congressman Ron Paul's Presidential campaign I recounted a story told to me a number of years ago by an old Austrian fellow describing his... published 15 months ago
85Scrapbooking Ideas
by Chuck
Scrapbooking is becoming a popular pastime, as many people in our mobile and disposable culture are looking for ways to preserve parts of their past. Because we move so much and because so many of the things... published 2 years ago
84How to Become a History Teacher
by Chuck
So, you enjoy history and would like to teach that subject but don't know how to go about becoming a history teacher? The first thing to do is decide where you would like to teach history. High school?... published 2 years ago
82Wrong Way Corrigan – NY to LA via Dublin
by Chuck
While not as common as it used to be, the phrase Wrong Way Corrigan is used to describe someone one whose actions result in the exact opposite of what they started out trying to do. I first heard the... published 10 months ago
81A Trip Around Canandaigua Lake
by Chuck
Spread across central New York State are a series of lakes known as the Finger Lakes. Carved out of the earth by an ancient glacier, these five long and narrow lakes all lieing in a north-south orientation,... published 16 months ago
80The Zimmerman Telegram
by Chuck
In a recent Hub in his excellent series about World War I, Jimmy the Jock discussed the famous Zimmerman Telegram which was instrumental in getting the U.S. to enter World War I on the side of Britain and... published 16 months ago
80Titanic Passenger List Now Online
by Chuck
Ninety-five years ago, on April 14, 1912, the British White Star Line's largest ship, the R.M.S. Titanic, hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank. Out of her approximately 2,200 passengers and crew,... published 16 months ago
80Remembering Astronaut Wally Schirra
by Chuck
Astronaut Walter "Wally" Schirra died last week (May 3, 2007) at the age of 84. He was one of America's first seven astronauts and the only astronaut to fly into space as a part of America's first three... published 15 months ago
78A Brief and Incomplete History of the Daiquiri
by Chuck
While checking dates for the Spanish American war for my previous posting on the repeal of the telephone tax and the little additional refund we, the over-taxed citizens of this great republic, can expect come... published 2 years ago
77A Visit to Boot Hill Cemetery in Tombstone Arizona
by Chuck
A couple of hours drive south east of Tucson, Arizona is the old silver mining town of Tombstone. Best known for the gunfight at the OK Corral, Tombstone lives on despite the depletion of the mine. Instead... published 2 years ago
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