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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Nhar it-Tnejn, Novembru 13, 2023, Ksibt għan ewlieni meta tlajt it-tul kollu ta 'Chubb Trail, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. It-tlugħ ħaditli seba' sigħat u tletin minuta biex inlesti. Meta ibni l-kbir "Trey" kien qed ilesti r-rekwiżiti għall-Midalja tad-Deheb tal-Ksib fir-Royal Rangers, equivalent
In-nannu tiegħi Parker L. Zimmerman iżżewweġ tliet darbiet. Wara ftit xhur żwieġ lil Victoria Harris matul 1897 fil-Kontea ta’ Franklin, Missouri, Parker mar fil-Kontea ta' Bollinger, Missouri biex ikun eqreb lejn il-familja tiegħu. Il-ġenituri tiegħu, Samuel u Sarah Zimmerman, għexet f'Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Dwar Marzu 31, 1902, 27-Parker ta’ sena żżewweġ it-tieni mara tiegħu, 22-Mellie Bollinger ta’ sena.
Nhar is-Sibt, April 9, 2022, is-Soċjetà Storika tal-Kontea ta’ Franklin Missouri stidinni nagħti preżentazzjoni bil-PowerPoint dwar is-Serq tal-Bank ta’ l-Unjoni Missouri 1902. Il-ktieb ikopri s-serqa, l-investigazzjoni, żewġ kaċċa mal-pajjiż kollu għall-maħrub u waqfa awdaċi mis-St. Louis City Jail. Żewġ ħallelin awdaċi, not yet 23 sena, jinġibed off
Tom Allen twieled f'Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 iżda sar famuż bħala heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter fl-Amerika. Nissetiljaw f'St. Louis around 1867, Allen rebaħ il-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Heavyweight fi 1873 u żamm it-titlu sakemm 1876. Irritorna l-Ingilterra għal sena qabel irritorna St. Louis għall-ġid in 1878. Back
Nhar it-Tlieta, Lulju 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 snin minn 1890
Fuq Diċembru 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. L-irġiel ħadu $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 a.m. and surprised Harding,
Fuq Awissu 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, Jannar 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, San. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 snin. 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 Dipartiment tal-Pulizija. 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