This isn’t your typical tour of ruins and dusty artifacts. It’s history as exciting today as it was 200 years ago! Ride along with host Dave Stotts in another installment of the award winning Drive Thru History video series, as he takes a fast-paced drive through American history. Drive Thru History: Discovering America’s Founders, based…
Drive Thru History with Dave Stott: Discovering America’s Founders [Episode 2]
The 2 Presidents Whose Economic Policies Are Most Misunderstood by Historians
One is viewed as among America’s greatest presidents; the other perhaps the worst of all. One is hailed as a savior; the other as a failure. One is given memorials to enshrine his name for all time; the other is pushed into the sea of forgetfulness. Driven by academia, this is where American history has…
This Day in Market History: John Galbraith Congressional Testimony Angers Investors
Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On March 8, 1955, Harvard economics professor John Galbraith told the Senate Banking Committee the stock market was overheating, sending the Dow crashing 2 percent. Where the Market Was The S&P 500 was trading at 36.58…
Drive Thru History with Dave Stott: Discovering America’s Founders [Episode 1]
This isn’t your typical tour of ruins and dusty artifacts. It’s history as exciting today as it was 200 years ago! Ride along with host Dave Stotts in another installment of the award winning Drive Thru History video series, as he takes a fast-paced drive through American history. Drive Thru History: Discovering America’s Founders, based…
The Ancient Legend of Uluru
The Uluru in central Australia is one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with its striking magnificent natural form, unpredictable colors, and divine inspiration. These features draw the hearts of explorers to the dreamlike wonderland. The origin of the rock is also shrouded in mystery. Uluru, a Sacred Place of Origin for Aboriginal Culture Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is one of…
The Argentine Author Who Opposed Collectivism and Never Flinched
It’s no secret that Jorge Luis Borges of Argentina is one of the most outstanding authors in literature. His unique stories, which explore eternity, pain, time, and metafiction, have made him an obligatory reference in this field. Despite his introverted character, the blindness from which he suffered in his last decades, and his undeniable inoffensiveness, Borges…
‘A Road to the Moon’: Sylvester Marsh’s Cog Railway to the Pinnacle of the Northeast
On a day when the peak is shrouded by mist, passengers on the Mount Washington cog railway feel like they really could be on a railway to the heavens. Ascending to above the tree line and into the clouds, with each trip the railway invokes the imagination of its creator. Sylvester Marsh, a 49-year-old entrepreneur,…
Nikola Tesla’s Futurist Vision That Came to Pass
He was born into poverty. He died penniless. Throughout Nikola Tesla’s life, he endured a number of severe illnesses. Yet he developed numerous technologies that brought people closer together and made the world a better place to live in. An inventor’s endeavor is essentially lifesaving. Whether he harnesses forces, improves devices, or provides new comforts…
An Inventor for Humanity
In the middle of the 19th century, the Southern plains sprouted prized cotton on vast and elegant plantations. Slaves worked the cotton fields under a relentless sun hot enough to burn their skin and pierce into their resilience. The soil was tired, and cotton crops were losing their vigor, their superiority. George Washington Carver was…
America’s Secret President
On a railroad car named “Mayflower,” headed to California in September 1919 for a presidential speaking tour, first lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson felt trapped. She was loyal to President Woodrow Wilson’s mission to rally the American people for his League of Nations proposal after World War I. On the other hand, her husband’s health…
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