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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Pirmdien, Novembris 13, 2023, Es sasniedzu galveno mērķi, pārgājienā visā Chubb Trail garumā, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. Pārgājiens man prasīja septiņas stundas un trīsdesmit minūtes. Kad mans vecākais dēls Trejs izpildīja prasības, lai iegūtu zelta medaļu par sasniegumiem Royal Rangers., equivalent
Mans vectēvs Pārkers L. Cimmermans apprecējās trīs reizes. Pēc pāris mēnešiem laulības ar Viktoriju Harisu laikā 1897 Franklinas apgabalā, Missouri, Pārkers pārcēlās uz Bollingera apgabalu, Misūri, lai būtu tuvāk savai ģimenei. Viņa vecāki, Samuels un Sāra Cimmermane, dzīvoja Dongolā, Bollingers, Missouri. Martā 31, 1902, 27-gadu vecais Pārkers apprecējās ar savu otro sievu, 22-gadu vecā Mellija Bollingere.
Sestdien, Aprīlis 9, 2022, Franklinas apgabala Misūri štata vēsturiskā biedrība uzaicināja mani uzstāties ar PowerPoint prezentāciju par Union Missouri bankas aplaupīšanu. 1902. Grāmata aptver laupīšanu, izmeklēšanu, divas bēgļa medības visā valstī un pārdroši pārtraukums no Sv. Louis City Jail. Divi pārdroši laupītāji, not yet 23 gadiem, novilka
Toms Allens dzimis Birmingemā, 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
Otrdien, Jūlijs 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 gadiem no 1890
Decembrī 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,
Augustā 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. “Domkrats” 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, Janvāris 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 gadiem. 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 policijas pārvalde. 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