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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Lunedi ', Novembre 13, 2023, Ho raggiunto un obiettivo importante quando ho camminato per l'intera lunghezza del Chubb Trail, un andata e ritorno 13.6 sentiero del miglio a West St. Louis County. Per completare l'escursione ho impiegato sette ore e trenta minuti. Quando il mio figlio maggiore "Trey" stava completando i requisiti per la medaglia d'oro al successo nei Royal Rangers, equivalente
Il mio bisnonno Parker L. Zimmerman si è sposato tre volte. Dopo un paio di mesi il matrimonio con Victoria Harris durante 1897 nella contea di Franklin, Missouri, Parker si trasferì nella contea di Bollinger, Missouri per essere più vicino alla sua famiglia. I suoi genitori, Samuel e Sarah Zimmermann, viveva a Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. In marzo 31, 1902, 27-Parker, un anno, sposò la sua seconda moglie, 22-Mellie Bollinger, un anno.
Il Sabato, Aprile 9, 2022, la Franklin County Missouri Historical Society mi ha invitato a tenere una presentazione PowerPoint sulla rapina alla banca della Union Missouri 1902. Il libro tratta della rapina, l'indagine, due cacce a livello nazionale al fuggitivo e un'audace fuga dalla St. Louis City Jail. Due audaci ladri, not yet 23 anni, tirato fuori
Tom Allen è nato a Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 ma è diventato famoso come pugile dei pesi massimi a mani nude in America. Stabilirsi a St. Louis around 1867, Allen ha vinto l'American Heavyweight Championship nel 1873 e mantenne il titolo fino a quando 1876. Tornò in Inghilterra per un anno prima di tornare a St. Louis per sempre in 1878. Back
Il Martedì, Luglio 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
Dicembre 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,
Agosto 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, Gennaio 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 anni. 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. Dipartimento di Polizia di 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