Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Weeks ago, I was looking for a copy of Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott from my grandfather’s old library. Grandpa Gilbert P. Ellis had a library that he gave me in the early 1990s. These books and his desk are treasures that will stay with me until the day I die. As a kid, I used to sit in his
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. História Louis Polícia, 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. However, Jones’ frequent problems outside of the Octagon would keep him from being considered the
William Muldoon, Wrestling Campeão do Mundo Greco-romano e defensor da cultura física, veio para Los Angeles na terça-feira, Abril 15, 1884 para enfrentar o lutador local, Fred Bauer. A partida teve lugar no Turnvereine Municipal local em Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he
Na terça-feira, Novembro 5, 1901, St. Louis Polícia capturou Ben Kilpatrick e Laura Bullion por sua parte no roubo de trem Grande do Norte em Montana em julho 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick serviria 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. Recentemente consegui encontrar informações sobre a família Story, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. Durante anos, Não consegui encontrar minha bisavó Dollie Zimmerman nee
On the morning of Saturday, Abril 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. A hora
Em dezembro de 1, 1938 em 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 anos de idade. 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. Eu
Os edifícios são apenas pilhas de tábuas e tijolos sem as histórias que lhes estão ligadas.. During November 1912, St. O policial de Louis, Arthur Huddleston, foi morto pelo assassino em liberdade condicional Albert Whitefield. Whitefield surpreendeu sua esposa, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for