Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Á mánudaginn, Nóvember 13, 2023, Ég náði stóru markmiði þegar ég gekk alla Chubb Trail, út og til baka 13.6 mílna slóð í West St. Louis County. Gangan tók mig sjö klukkustundir og þrjátíu mínútur að ljúka. Þegar elsti sonur minn „Trey“ var að klára kröfurnar fyrir gullverðlaunin í Royal Rangers, jafngildi
Langafi minn Parker L. Zimmerman giftist þrisvar. Eftir nokkra mánaða hjónaband með Victoria Harris á meðan 1897 í Franklin County, Missouri, Parker flutti til Bollinger-sýslu, Missouri til að vera nær fjölskyldu sinni. Foreldrar hans, Samuel og Sarah Zimmerman, bjó í Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Mars 31, 1902, 27-hinn ársgamli Parker giftist seinni konu sinni, 22-ára gamla Mellie Bollinger.
Á laugardag, Apríl 9, 2022, sögufélagið Franklin County Missouri bauð mér að halda PowerPoint kynningu um bankarán Union Missouri banka 1902. Bókin fjallar um ránið, rannsókninni, tvær landsvísar veiðar á flóttanum og áræðin hlé frá St. Louis City Jail. Tveir áræðnir ræningjar, not yet 23 ára, dregið af
Tom Allen fæddist í Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 en hann varð frægur sem þungavigtar verðlaunahafi með berum hnúum í Ameríku. Settist að í St. Louis around 1867, Allen vann American Heavyweight Championship í 1873 og hélt titlinum til kl 1876. Hann sneri aftur til Englands í eitt ár áður en hann sneri aftur til St. Louis til góðs í 1878. Back
Á þriðjudag, Júlí 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
Á Desember 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,
Ágúst 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, Janúar 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 orð, The St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 ár. 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. Louis Police Department. 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