Մարտական սպորտի պատմաբան և մարտարվեստի վարպետ
Շաբաթներ առաջ, Ես փնտրում էի սըր Ուոլթեր Սքոթի Ivanhoe-ի պատճենը պապիկիս հին գրադարանից. Պապ Գիլբերտ Պ. Էլիսն ուներ գրադարան, որը նա ինձ նվիրեց 1990-ականների սկզբին. Այս գրքերը և նրա գրասեղանը գանձեր են, որոնք ինձ հետ կմնան մինչև իմ մահը. Որպես երեխա, Ես նստում էի նրա մեջ
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 Police history, 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. Սակայն, Jones’ frequent problems outside of the Octagon would keep him from being considered the
William Muldoon, Համաշխարհային հունա - հռոմեական ըմբշամարտի չեմպիոն եւ ֆիզկուլտուրայի կողմնակից, եկել Լոս Անջելեսում երեքշաբթի, Ապրիլ 15, 1884 դիմակայել տեղական ըմբիշ Fred Bauer. Խաղը տեղի է ունեցել տեղական Turnvereine սրահում Լոս Անջելեսում. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he
Երեքշաբթի, Նոյեմբեր 5, 1901, St. Louis Police captured Ben Kilpatrick and Laura Bullion for their part in the Great Northern train robbery in Montana on July 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick would serve 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. Ես վերջերս կարողացա տեղեկություններ գտնել Story ընտանիքի մասին, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. Տարիներ, Ես չկարողացա գտնել իմ մեծ տատիկին՝ Դոլլի Զիմերմանին
On the morning of Saturday, Ապրիլ 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. Ժամանակը
Դեկտեմբերի 1, 1938 ի 5:15 Թեմա., former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 տարեկան. 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. Ես
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