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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
V pondělí, Listopad 13, 2023, Dosáhl jsem hlavního cíle, když jsem prošel celou délku Chubb Trail, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. Cesta mi trvala sedm hodin a třicet minut. Když můj nejstarší syn „Trey“ plnil požadavky na zlatou medaili za úspěch v Royal Rangers, equivalent
Můj pradědeček Parker L. Zimmerman se oženil třikrát. Po několika měsících manželství s Victorií Harris během 1897 v okrese Franklin, Missouri, Parker se přestěhoval do Bollinger County, Missouri, aby byl blíž jeho rodině. Jeho rodiče, Samuel a Sarah Zimmermanovi, žil v Dongole, Bollinger, Missouri. Března 31, 1902, 27-roční Parker si vzal svou druhou manželku, 22-roční Mellie Bollinger.
V sobotu, Duben 9, 2022, historická společnost Franklin County Missouri Historical Society mě pozvala, abych přednesl powerpointovou prezentaci o loupeži banky Union Missouri 1902. Kniha se zabývá loupeží, vyšetřování, dva celostátní hony na uprchlíka a odvážná přestávka od St. Louis City Jail. Dva odvážní lupiči, not yet 23 let, stáhl
Tom Allen se narodil v Birminghamu, England on April 23, 1840 ale v Americe se proslavil jako borec s holým kloubem v těžké váze. Usazení v St. Louis around 1867, Allen vyhrál americký šampionát v těžké váze 1873 a držel titul až do 1876. Vrátil se do Anglie na rok, než se vrátil do St. Louis navždy 1878. Back
V úterý, Červenec 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
Prosince 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,
Srpna 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, Leden 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 let. 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 si během své kariéry u sv. Louis Police Department. Ráno v lednu bude potřebovat veškerou tuhost 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 se právě probudil a připravoval se