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Posts about the history of St. Луис, Миссури, family history, and miscellaneous history.
В понедельник, Ноябрь 13, 2023, Я достиг главной цели, пройдя всю длину тропы Чабб., an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. Поход занял у меня семь часов тридцать минут.. Когда мой старший сын «Трей» выполнял требования для получения Золотой медали за достижения в Королевских рейнджерах., equivalent
Мой прадед Паркер Л.. Циммерман был женат трижды. Через пару месяцев брака с Викторией Харрис во время 1897 в округе Франклин, Миссури, Паркер переехал в округ Боллинджер., Миссури, чтобы быть ближе к своей семье. Его родители, Сэмюэл и Сара Циммерман, жил в Донголе, Боллинджер, Миссури. Марта 31, 1902, 27-годовалый Паркер женился на своей второй жене, 22-годовалая Мелли Боллинджер.
В субботу, Апрель 9, 2022, the Franklin County Missouri Historical Society invited me to give a PowerPoint presentation on the Union Missouri Bank Robbery of 1902. The book covers the robbery, the investigation, two nationwide hunts for the fugitive and a daring break from the St. Louis City Jail. Two daring robbers, not yet 23 лет, pulled off
Том Аллен родился в Бирмингеме, England on April 23, 1840 но он прославился как боксер-тяжеловес в Америке.. Поселение в ул.. Louis around 1867, Аллен выиграл чемпионат Америки в тяжелом весе в 1873 и удерживал титул до 1876. Он вернулся в Англию на год, прежде чем вернуться в Санкт-Петербург.. Луи навсегда в 1878. Back
Во вторник, Июль 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, Младший. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. For 17 years from 1890
Декабря 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. Мужчины взяли $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 A.M. and surprised Harding,
Августа 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Луис, 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, Январь 9, 1915, Сержант. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 A.M. Сержант. 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, the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 лет. 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. Департамент Луи полиции. 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