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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Dilluns, Novembre 13, 2023, Vaig aconseguir un objectiu important quan vaig recórrer tota la longitud del Chubb Trail, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. L'excursió em va costar set hores i trenta minuts completar-la. Quan el meu fill gran "Trey" estava completant els requisits per a la Medalla d'Or dels Assoliments a Royal Rangers, equivalent
El meu besavi Parker L. Zimmerman es va casar tres vegades. Després d'un parell de mesos de matrimoni amb Victoria Harris durant 1897 al comtat de Franklin, Missouri, Parker es va traslladar al comtat de Bollinger, Missouri per estar més a prop de la seva família. Els seus pares, Samuel i Sarah Zimmerman, vivia a Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Al març de 31, 1902, 27-Parker d'un any es va casar amb la seva segona dona, 22-Mellie Bollinger d'un any.
Dissabte, Abril 9, 2022, la Societat Històrica del Comtat de Franklin de Missouri em va convidar a fer una presentació en PowerPoint sobre el robatori al banc de la Union Missouri 1902. El llibre recull el robatori, la investigació, dues caceres del fugitiu a nivell nacional i una ruptura agosarada del St. Louis City Jail. Dos lladres agosarats, not yet 23 anys d'edat, es va treure
Tom Allen va néixer a Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 però es va fer famós com a lluitador de premis de nus nu pes pesat a Amèrica. Instal·lant-se a St. Louis around 1867, Allen va guanyar el campionat nord-americà de pes pesat 1873 i va mantenir el títol fins 1876. Va tornar a Anglaterra durant un any abans de tornar a St. Louis per sempre 1878. Back
Dimarts, Juliol 4, 1916, former St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond passed away after an illness of two years. Desmond was in Alexian Brothers Hospital from October 1915 until his death on Independence Day 1916. The 59-year-old Desmond left a 12-year-old son, William Desmond, Jr. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. For 17 years from 1890
Al desembre 15, 1903, three men entered the Erie House at Fourth Street and Clark Avenue. The men beat up cook Victor Dauson before shooting hotel clerk Charles Harding. Dauson died from his injuries but Charles Harding recovered. The men took $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 A.M. and surprised Harding,
A l'agost 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Louis, Missouri around 7:30 A.M. Three figures exited the train. Two healthy looking police officers were escorting John D. “Jack” Shea, who killed St. Louis Police Officer Patrick Doran on November 7, 1881. The gaunt and sickly Shea was no longer the young thug, who executed Doran during a chase after
On a chilly night, Gener 9, 1915, Sgt. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 A.M. Sgt. Gibbons walked towards the Wabash Railroad’s Delmar Station, which was in complete darkness. Gibbons kneeled and wrapped his nightstick on the platform to signal any nearby beat officers to report to him. Patrolman Arthur J. Saxy heard the night
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 any. They replaced him with Desmond’s ex-assistant James Smith, who was dismissed by the previous board. How did one of the greatest, if not the greatest, detectives in
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Departament de Policia de Louis. He would need all that toughness on the morning of January 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. O’Keefe had just woken up and was getting ready