(Click image to enlarge) I found an 1898 sterioview of Dyea, Alaska that I believe dates to its founding in 1897. Dyea was Skagway's ri...

I apologize for the recent slowness of posts. I am feverishly pouring through my manuscript that the publisher needs ASAP. We are now shoot...

(Click image to enlarge) I received this postcard in the mail today. The photograph, circa 1965, is of the inside of Jeff Smith's Parlo...

A nother possible Soapy Smith gang member popped up, which makes two in one week. This one was found in the Omaha Daily Bee , 1898. ONE OF S...

I came upon another criminal accused of being in league with Soapy Smith and his infamous Soap Gang. MEMBER OF THE "SOAPY" SMITH G...

King Con: The Story of Soapy Smith Jane G. Haigh Whitehorse, Yukon: Friday 501 Publishers, 2006. 118 pages. Illustrations, glossary, bibliog...

"There was never a better manipulator of the shell game, and Smith could draw a gun as handily as he could deal four aces from the bott...

(click image to enlarge) B ruce Merrell holds the watch of legendary con man Soapy Smith in the Alaska collection of the Loussac Library. Me...

I received an email from chicago based magician, Emmett Miller who performs a version of the prize package soap sell racket. H e writes. De...

(click image to enlarge) "Among the other casualties reported from the Klondike must be reckoned the circumstance that Soapy Smith has ...

W ow! the kind words come from Dave Kolonich, creator of the Cleveland Historical and Pop Culture Mock Draft that included Soapy Smith as a ...

S ee, I told you Soapy Smith was coming into his own, but I never imagined he'd be considered as a running back for the Denver Broncos! ...

J ason Hahn and his ALASKA OUTLAW playing cards made the news once again. This time on channel 2 KTUU in An...

B etween March 26 and 29, Phil Gessert of Pharobank.com and I went out to Vidal, California for four days of historical fun and treasure ...

I came back from the southern California desert Sunday, very tired and worn out. I will have more photographs and the story of camping and ...