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Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 but he became famous as a heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter in America. Settling in St. Louis around 1867, Allen won the American Heavyweight Championship in 1873 and held the title until 1876. He returned to England for a year before returning to St. Louis for good in 1878. Back
In March 1893, newspapers across the country carried the story of a proposed match between current world light heavyweight boxing champion Jack McAuliffe and Saint Louis boxing instructor Mike Mooney. Although the match would seem odd because Mooney was such a lightly regarded challenger, the lure of $2500 a side is probably what brought the champion to the table. Adjusted
Johnny Reagan te yon konbatan enpòtan nan St. Louis sèn boksè pandan premye deseni 20yèm syèk la. Orijinal soti nan Brooklyn, Reagan demenaje ale rete nan St. Louis antrene anba Jack McKenna. McKenna te baze operasyon li soti nan St. Louis, kote avyon de gè li prensipalman te goumen nan St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
Nan samdi, Avril 9, 2022, the Franklin County Missouri Historical Society invited me to give a PowerPoint presentation on the Union Missouri Bank Robbery of 1902. The book covers the robbery, the investigation, two nationwide hunts for the fugitive and a daring break from the St. Louis City Jail. Two daring robbers, not yet 23 ane ki gen laj, pulled off
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 ane, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Abraham Lincoln Attell te yon boxer difisil. Li te genyen Mondyal plum boksè chanpyona la de fwa. Li menm ak Monte frè l 'yo te frè yo an premye yo dwe mond chanpyon boksè an menm tan an apre Monte te genyen Mondyal Bantamweight koup la. Abe Attell won his first title when he was based out of the West End Boxing Club in St. Louis, MO.
Monte Attell was the younger brother of World Featherweight Boxing Champion Abe Attell. Monte would always be stuck in the shadow of his older brother but was a talented fighter in his own right. Monte would win the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship during his career and establish himself as a world class fighter. Nan 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. Louis, Missouri. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” nan St. Louis during the 1904 San Patipri Mondyal la. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
St. Louis, at the beginning of the 20th Century, had a prominent professional boxing scene. Abe Attell, although born in San Francisco, was based in St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell defended his World Featherweight Boxing Championship against frequent rival Harry Forbes. Forbes was also a regular on the St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes defeated Danny Dougherty for the