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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Misuri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Të hënën, Nëntor 13, 2023, Arrita një qëllim madhor kur ecja përgjatë gjithë gjatësisë së Chubb Trail, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. Ecja më mori shtatë orë e tridhjetë minuta për ta përfunduar. Kur djali im më i madh "Trey" po plotësonte kërkesat për Medaljen e Artë të Arritjes në Royal Rangers, equivalent
Stërgjyshi im Parker L. Zimmerman u martua tre herë. Pas nja dy muajsh martesë me Victoria Harris gjatë 1897 në qarkun Franklin, Misuri, Parker u zhvendos në Bollinger County, Misuri për të qenë më afër familjes së tij. Prindërit e tij, Samuel dhe Sarah Zimmerman, jetonte në Dongola, Bollinger, Misuri. Në mars 31, 1902, 27-Parker vjeçar u martua me gruan e tij të dytë, 22-vjeçarja Mellie Bollinger.
Të shtunën, Prill 9, 2022, Shoqëria Historike e Misurit të Qarkut Franklin më ftoi të bëja një prezantim në PowerPoint mbi Grabitjen e Bankës së Union Missouri të 1902. Libri mbulon grabitjen, hetimin, dy gjueti mbarëkombëtare për të arratisurin dhe një shkëputje e guximshme nga St. Louis City Jail. Dy grabitës të guximshëm, ende jo 23 vjeç, u tërhoq
Tom Allen ka lindur në Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 por ai u bë i famshëm si një luftëtar çmimesh i zhveshur në peshën e rëndë në Amerikë. Vendosja në St. Louis around 1867, Allen fitoi kampionatin amerikan të peshave të rënda në 1873 dhe mbajti titullin deri 1876. Ai u kthye në Angli për një vit përpara se të kthehej në St. Louis për të mirë në 1878. Prapa
Të martën, Korrik 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
Më dhjetor 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. Burrat morën $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 a.m. and surprised Harding,
Më gusht 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, Janar 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 vjet. 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. Departamenti i policisë 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