Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Vor Wochen, Ich suchte in der alten Bibliothek meines Großvaters nach einem Exemplar von „Ivanhoe“ von Sir Walter Scott. Opa Gilbert P. Ellis hatte eine Bibliothek, die er mir in den frühen 1990er Jahren. Diese Bücher und seinem Schreibtisch sind Schätze, die bei mir bis zu meinem Tod bleiben wird. Als Kind, Ich saß immer in seinem
Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. Louis Polizeigeschichte, Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in the early 1900s. French
At our fantasy football draft this year, one of the other owners asked me who I thought was the best mixed martial artist of all time. I told him that based on skill, the greatest mixed martial artist of all time was Jon “Bones” Jones. Jedoch, Jones’ frequent problems outside of the Octagon would keep him from being considered the
William Muldoon, die Welt griechisch-römischen Ringkampf-Champion und Körperkultur Befürworter, kam nach Los Angeles am Dienstag,, April 15, 1884 , um den lokalen Wrestler Fred Bauer Gesicht. Das Spiel fand in der örtlichen Turnvereine Hall in Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he
Am Dienstag, November 5, 1901, St. Louis-Polizei eingefangen Ben Kilpatrick und Laura Bullion für ihre Rolle in der Great Northern Eisenbahnraub in Montana Juli 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick dienen würde 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for
Gilford Dudley Story (1797 – 1870) is my third great-grandfather. There are six generations between the two of us. Ich konnte erst kürzlich Informationen über die Story-Familie finden, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. Jahrelang, Ich konnte meine Urgroßmutter Dollie Zimmerman geb. nicht finden
On the morning of Saturday, April 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 S. Broadway. One man emerged, looked around and waived for his companion to exit the back seat. After hesitating for a few seconds, the other man exited as the automobile crawled down the busy street. Die Zeit
On December 1, 1938 bei 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 Jahren. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home
Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. Ich
Gebäude sind nur Haufen von Brettern und Ziegeln ohne die Geschichten, die mit ihnen verbunden sind,. Im November 1912, St. Louis Polizist Arthur Huddleston wurde vorzeitig entlassene Mörder Albert Whitefield getötet. Whitefield hatte seine Lebensgefährtin überrascht, die sich unterhaltsam anderer Herr Anrufer wurde. Whitefield versuchte, sie vor zwei St töten. Louis Polizisten reagierte auf ihre Schreie für