Ahli Sejarah Sukan Pertempuran dan Seniman Mempertahankan Diri
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Pada Isnin, November 13, 2023, Saya mencapai matlamat utama apabila saya mendaki sepanjang Chubb Trail, keluar-dan-belakang 13.6 laluan batu di West St. Louis County. Kenaikan itu mengambil masa tujuh jam dan tiga puluh minit untuk saya selesaikan. Apabila anak sulung saya "Trey" sedang melengkapkan keperluan untuk Pingat Emas Pencapaian dalam Renjer Diraja, setara
My great grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman married three times. After a couple of months marriage to Victoria Harris during 1897 in Franklin County, Missouri, Parker moved to Bollinger County, Missouri to be closer to his family. His parents, Samuel and Sarah Zimmerman, lived in Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Pada Mac 31, 1902, 27-year-old Parker married his second wife, 22-year-old Mellie Bollinger.
Pada hari Sabtu, April 9, 2022, Persatuan Sejarah Missouri Daerah Franklin menjemput saya untuk memberikan persembahan PowerPoint mengenai Rompakan Bank Union Missouri 1902. Buku itu merangkumi rompakan, penyiasatan itu, dua pemburuan di seluruh negara untuk pelarian dan rehat berani dari St. Louis City Jail. Dua perompak berani, not yet 23 tahun, ditarik keluar
Tom Allen dilahirkan di Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 tetapi dia menjadi terkenal sebagai pejuang hadiah buku jari telanjang kelas berat di Amerika. Menetap di St. Louis around 1867, Allen memenangi Kejohanan Heavyweight Amerika di 1873 dan memegang gelaran sehingga 1876. Dia kembali ke England selama setahun sebelum kembali ke St. Louis untuk kebaikan 1878. Back
Pada hari Selasa, Julai 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
Pada Disember 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,
On August 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, Januari 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 tahun. 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 memperoleh reputasi sebagai pegawai polis yang sukar semasa kerjayanya di St. Jabatan Polis Louis. Dia akan memerlukan kesukaran itu pada pagi Januari 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 baru saja bangun dan bersiap-siap