Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
V pondelok, November 13, 2023, Dosiahol som hlavný cieľ, keď som prešiel celú dĺžku Chubb Trail, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. Túra mi trvala sedem hodín a tridsať minút. Keď môj najstarší syn „Trey“ plnil požiadavky na Zlatú medailu za úspech v Royal Rangers, equivalent
Môj pradedo Parker L. Zimmerman sa oženil trikrát. Po pár mesiacoch manželstva s Victoriou Harris počas 1897 v okrese Franklin, Missouri, Parker sa presťahoval do Bollinger County, Missouri, aby bol bližšie k svojej rodine. Jeho rodičia, Samuel a Sarah Zimmermanovci, žil v Dongole, Bollinger, Missouri. Marca 31, 1902, 27-ročný Parker sa oženil so svojou druhou manželkou, 22-ročná Mellie Bollinger.
V sobotu, Apríl 9, 2022, historická spoločnosť Franklin County Missouri Historical Society ma pozvala na prezentáciu v PowerPointe o bankovej lúpeži Union Missouri 1902. Kniha sa zaoberá lúpežou, vyšetrovanie, dve celoštátne poľovačky na utečenca a odvážna prestávka zo St. Louis City Jail. Dvaja odvážni lupiči, not yet 23 rokov, vytiahol
Tom Allen sa narodil v Birminghame, England on April 23, 1840 ale v Amerike sa preslávil ako bojovník s holým kolenom v ťažkej váhe. Usadiť sa v St. Louis around 1867, Allen vyhral americký šampionát v ťažkej váhe v r 1873 a titul držal až do 1876. Na rok sa vrátil do Anglicka a potom sa vrátil do St. Louis navždy 1878. Späť
On Tuesday, Júl 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. Pre 17 years from 1890
Decembra 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,
Augusta 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, Január 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 rokov. 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. Police Department 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