Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
Siku ya Jumamosi, Aprili 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 umri wa miaka, pulled off
While bare knuckle prizefighter Tom Allen was born in England during 1840, he spent the majority of his adult life in St Louis after relocating to the United States in 1867. After a disappointing loss to Jem Mace in 1870, where he impressed spectators with a gallant performance in a losing effort, Allen started campaigning for a shot at American
On Krismasi Night 1902, viwili vidogo mji, wadogo wakati, wanaume holdup akapiga kufungua salama wa Muungano, Missouri Bank. Baada ya kutisha wananchi wachache, walifanya mbali na zaidi ya $15,000. wanaume walikuwa kiasi salama kwa miezi michache mpaka Pinkerton Agency Detective aliitwa katika. Pinkertons alikuwa wakala wa taifa, ambayo ilikuwa jambo la karibu United
Kate Chopin, binti maarufu wa familia Kifaransa na wakati mwandishi wa ndani, kuanguka katika St. Louis 1904 Dunia Fair Agosti 20, 1904. Madame Chopin mara tu 54 umri wa miaka na mateso ubongo kutokwa na damu nyingi au aneurism. Alifariki nyumbani kwake juu ya McPherson Avenue Agosti 22, 1904. Kate Chopin alizaliwa Kate O'Flaherty katika St.
Johnny Reagan alikuwa mpiganaji muhimu huko St.. Maonyesho ya ndondi ya Louis wakati wa muongo wa kwanza wa Karne ya 20. Asili kutoka Brooklyn, Reagan alihamia St.. Louis kufundisha chini ya Jack McKenna. McKenna aliweka operesheni yake nje ya St.. Louis, ambapo mpiganaji wake alipigania huko St.. Louis’ Klabu ya West End. Reagan alikuwa bantamweight inayoongezeka wakati huo
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 but he became famous as a heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter in America. Settling in St. Louis around 1867, Allen won the American Heavyweight Championship in 1873 and held the title until 1876. He returned to England for a year before returning to St. Louis for good in 1878. Back
Juu ya Agosti 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. In 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. In 1847, the
On Monday evening, Julai 16, 1917, St. Louis Police Officer Julius H. Petring assigned to the North Market Division entered a rooming house at 2301 N. Market Street. Petring asked the proprietor William Dietrich to rent a room for him and his wife. His “wife” was his recently divorced girlfriend Freda Hagenmeyer. Officer Petring had been seeing Freda Hagenmeyer, who
Oliver Leonard Kirk kinaweza kuwa tu ya Olimpiki boxer kushinda medali ya dhahabu katika mbili tofauti madarasa uzito katika huo Michezo ya Olimpiki. Oliver Kirk yametimia feat hii katika mji wake michezo ya Olimpiki katika 1904. St. Louis mwenyeji Olympiad ya tatu wakati wa 1904 Dunia Fair Ufafanuzi. Kama Michezo Paris miaka minne kabla ya, St. Louis gave
Over his 17 year career, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond dealt with many criminal’s family members. Some family members were as bad or worse than the criminal Chief Desmond and his men had locked up. Hata hivyo, many family members were honest, hard-working people, who struggled to understand what went wrong with their loved one. Early in his career