The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 38, September 21, 2003, Article 9

THE HISTORY DETECTIVES

  Len Augsburger writes: "I did see an episode of "History's
  Mysteries" while channel surfing.  On the show I watched, a
  family in the deep south who owned a house wanted to check
  out some oral history which indicated a black man had owned
  the same home in the 19th century.  They wondered how that
  could have been.  The show visited 3 or 4 cities, and traced
  the individual in question, a free black as it turned out.  They
  were able to come up with some detail of the man's
  successful business, his family, and verified the story.  The used
  local professors and all the other usual historical resources (city
  directories, census data, state and local archives and historical
  societies, etc.)."

  Gar Travis writes: "A much better "view" than Antiques Road
  Show - the history sleuth's tell the truth to would be keepers
  of history - was the pocket watch a gift from Mark Twain -
  No!... and I enjoyed seeing the sleuth share the truth with the
  watch's keeper.

  We could use them on the newly "discovered" first dollar.
  My bet is that it is a later restrike like the 1804's - but for a
  collector later in the 19th century."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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