Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
Am Samstag,, April 9, 2022, Die Franklin County Missouri Historical Society lud mich ein, eine PowerPoint-Präsentation über den Bankraub der Union Missouri zu halten 1902. Das Buch behandelt den Raub, die Ermittlung, zwei landesweite Fahndungen nach dem Flüchtigen und ein gewagter Ausbruch aus dem St. Louis City Jail. Zwei waghalsige Räuber, not yet 23 Jahren, abgezogen
While bare knuckle prizefighter Tom Allen was born in England during 1840, he spent the majority of his adult life in St Louis after relocating to the United States in 1867. After a disappointing loss to Jem Mace in 1870, where he impressed spectators with a gallant performance in a losing effort, Allen started campaigning for a shot at American
On Christmas Night 1902, zwei kleine Stadt, wenig Zeit, holdup men blew open the safe of the Union, Missouri Bank. After threatening a few citizens, they made off with over $15,000. The men were relatively safe for a few months until the Pinkerton Detective Agency was called in. The Pinkertons had a nationwide agency, which was the closest thing the United
Kate Chopin, Tochter eines prominenten Französisch Familie und zu der Zeit lokale Autor, an der St zusammengebrochen. Louis 1904 Weltausstellung August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin war nur 54 Jahre alt und erlitt eine Gehirnblutung oder Aneurysma. Sie starb in ihrem Haus auf McPherson Avenue August 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Johnny Reagan war ein wichtiger Kämpfer in der St. Louis-Boxszene im ersten Jahrzehnt des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ursprünglich aus Brooklyn, Reagan zog nach St. Louis soll unter Jack McKenna trainieren. McKenna hatte seinen Sitz in St. Louis, wo sein Kämpfer hauptsächlich in St. kämpfte. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
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
August 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. In 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. In 1847, die
On Monday evening, Juli 16, 1917, St. Louis Police Officer Julius H. Petring assigned to the North Market Division entered a rooming house at 2301 N. Market Street. Petring asked the proprietor William Dietrich to rent a room for him and his wife. His “wife” was his recently divorced girlfriend Freda Hagenmeyer. Officer Petring had been seeing Freda Hagenmeyer, die
Oliver Leonard Kirk hat die Unterscheidung des Seins der einzige Olympia-Boxer eine Goldmedaille in zwei Gewichtsklassen in den gleichen Olympischen Spielen. Oliver Kirk diese Leistung in seiner Heimatstadt Olympischen Spiele in 1904. St. Louis Gastgeber des dritten Olympiade während der 1904 Weltausstellung Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Over his 17 year career, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond dealt with many criminal’s family members. Some family members were as bad or worse than the criminal Chief Desmond and his men had locked up. Jedoch, many family members were honest, hard-working people, who struggled to understand what went wrong with their loved one. Early in his career