by Bob | May 29, 2025 | Hidden History
There is a post making the rounds that cadets didn’t want to shake Trump’s hand at graduation and that’s why he left early. It doesn’t pass the smell test. As a West Point graduate I find this post questionable as best. Did the author really talk to these people?...
by Bob | Jun 15, 2023 | Hidden History
A single event can have strange historical ripples. In 1702 a yellow fever epidemic wiped out 10% of the population in less than three months. This was five hundred people out of a population of five thousand.
The city attempted to deal with recurrent outbreaks by...
by Bob | Jun 14, 2023 | Hidden History
The streets of Southern Manhattan, including areas like the Financial District and the Village, are seen as disorganized or chaotic compared to the rest of Manhattan due to the way the city was developed historically. Most of Manhattan is in a grid that easily...
by Bob | Jun 8, 2023 | Hidden History
Introduction In the middle of nowhere on the way to nowhere is the way I describe Area 51 in my books. Nestled in the remote desert of Nevada, the United States, is a mysterious place that has fueled countless theories, books, movies, and debates—Area 51. For decades,...
by Bob | Apr 15, 2023 | Hidden History
Who Are Patience and Fortitude? My two favorite lions guard the front entrance of the main branch of the New York Public Library. Long before the Internet (actually the first Internet message was sent in 1969, a free slideshow about that is on my slideshow page)...
by Bob | Apr 14, 2023 | Hidden History
Every disaster requires seven things to go wrong. Six Cascade events leading to the 7th event, the disaster. At least one of the Cascade events involves human error. Thus most disasters can be avoided. By studying past disasters we can learn to avoid future ones....
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