St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Ar Samhain 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. An Naomh. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church

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1802 N. Jefferson Gone

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1802 N. Bhí Jefferson Avenue cothrom dhá-teaghlaigh tógtha i 1890 agus atá lonnaithe sa St. Louis Place neighborhood. Scríobh mé ar dtús mar gheall ar an bhfoirgneamh i 2013 ach bhí sé Leagadh éigin roimh Mhárta 2015. Tá an foirgneamh cuid de cheantar á fhorbairt le haghaidh casta rialtais i St. Louis, mar sin ní raibh sé in ann a shábháil. These pictures are

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Murder at 2912 Washington

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Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, St. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for

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An Teach Mór ar Cook Ascaill

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Cionn teach bríce 122-bliain d'aois ar an ardán sráide ag an choirnéal Shráid Whittier agus Cook Ascaill i St. Louis, Missouri. Tógálaithe in airde an 2378 Teach troigh cearnach i 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. Nuair dtús tógtha, 4200 Ní mór Cook bheith ina láithreán mórthaibhseach. Sa lá atá inniu, 4200 Cook is

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Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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Ar Dé Sathairn, Márta 12, 1904, St. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Louis’ Near South Side. Frank Ward, a suspected safe cracker, rented a room in the row house. Besides Ward, the detectives arrested Edward Seely and John Shumway. Moran and the detectives

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A Tale de Dhá Turnvereine Hallaí

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An cinniúint i bhfad Naomh. Louis’ foirgnimh stairiúla a chruthú ar an sean adage eastát réadach. Tá sé faoi gach suíomh, suíomh, suíomh. Má tá an foirgneamh i gComhaontú Naomh Theas. Louis, tá sé deis níos fearr a bheith sábháilte ná foirgneamh ar an Taobh Thuaidh. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except

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General Sherman’s St. Louis Home

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Bhí Ard-William Tecumseh Sherman de Cogadh Cathartha Laochra fréamhacha doimhne i St. Louis ag síneadh siar go dtí 1843. Mar saighdiúir, Sannadh sé go Dún Jefferson. Bhí sé páirteach freisin i Naomh. Louis businesses as the St. Sráid Louis Railroad Cuideachta Uachtarán dtí gur fhág sé Naomh. Louis for the Civil War in 1861. After the war, St. Louis’ citizens

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Sáirsint. King’s Home on Lotus Avenue

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Scríobh mé roimhe seo faoi eachtra inar Sáirsint Bleachtaire don Naomh. Bhí lámhaigh Louis Póilíní linn iarracht robáil. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Stair Louis, Detective Sergeant James Martin King’s home in January 1920 still exists. The home is still in excellent condition. 4973 Lotus Avenue was the home of Sgt. King in

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