From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Olive Oatman)

Olive Oatman was abducted and sold to the Mohave tribe who gave her a noticable blue tattoo on her face  After she was kidnapped by an unknown Native American tribe from her homestead in what we now know as Arizona in 1851, Olive oatman was sold to the Mohave people. She spent five years living withContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Olive Oatman)”

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Butch Cassidy)

Butch Cassidy mugshot Butch Cassidy was a law abiding citizen of the old west until about 1894 when he stole a $5 horse in Wyoming. Cassidy earned two years in prison and a distaste for the law. When he was released he joined up with the Wild Bunch and moved on from horse theft toContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Butch Cassidy)”

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (x-ray)

First medical X-ray by Wilhelm Röntgen of his wife’s hand. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered the scientific mechanisms behind what would eventually become the X-ray back in 1895, successfully imaging the bones of his wife’s hand, but it wasn’t until Thomas Edison and Clarence Dally began tinkering that a reliable X-ray machine was first built. They’dContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (x-ray)”