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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Ponedeljek, November 13, 2023, Dosegel sem velik cilj, ko sem prehodil celotno dolžino poti Chubb Trail, ven in nazaj 13.6 mile trail v West St. Louis County. Za hojo sem potreboval sedem ur in trideset minut. Ko je moj najstarejši sin »Trey« izpolnjeval zahteve za zlato medaljo za dosežke v kraljevih nadzornikih, enakovreden
Moj pradedek Parker L. Zimmerman se je poročil trikrat. Po nekajmesečni poroki z Victorio Harris med 1897 v okrožju Franklin, Missouri, Parker se je preselil v okrožje Bollinger, Missouri, da bi bil bližje svoji družini. Njegovi starši, Samuel in Sarah Zimmerman, živel v Dongoli, Bollinger, Missouri. Marca 31, 1902, 27-letni Parker se je poročil s svojo drugo ženo, 22-letna Mellie Bollinger.
V soboto, April 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 let, pulled off
Tom Allen se je rodil v Birminghamu, England on April 23, 1840 vendar je zaslovel kot goli borec v težki kategoriji v Ameriki. Naselitev v St. Louis around 1867, Allen je osvojil naslov ameriškega prvaka v težki kategoriji v 1873 in držal naziv do 1876. Vrnil se je v Anglijo za eno leto, preden se je vrnil v St. Louis za vedno noter 1878. Back
V torek, Julij 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. Za 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,
Avgusta 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, Januar 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 besede, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 let. 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. Policija 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