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Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
Vào ngày thứ bảy, Tháng Tư 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 tuổi, 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
Giáng sinh Đêm trên 1902, hai thị trấn nhỏ, thời gian nhỏ, holdup men blew open the safe of the Union, Missouri Bank. After threatening a few citizens, they made off with over $15,000. The men were relatively safe for a few months until the Pinkerton Detective Agency was called in. The Pinkertons had a nationwide agency, which was the closest thing the United
Kate Chopin, con gái của một gia đình người Pháp nổi tiếng và đồng thời tác giả địa phương, sụp đổ tại St. Louis 1904 Hội chợ thế giới vào ngày 20, 1904. Chỉ Madame Chopin là 54 tuổi bị xuất huyết não hoặc động mạch lựu. Bà qua đời tại nhà của cô trên McPherson Avenue vào ngày 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Johnny Reagan was an important fighter in the St. Louis boxing scene during the first decade of the 20th Century. Originally from Brooklyn, Reagan moved to St. Louis to train under Jack McKenna. McKenna based his operation out of St. Louis, where his fighter primarily fought at St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
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
Ngày 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Trong 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. Trong 1847, các
Vào tối thứ hai, Tháng Bảy 16, 1917, St. Louis đốc Cảnh sát Julius H. Petring giao cho Bộ phận Bắc Market bước vào một ngôi nhà ở chung phòng ở 2301 N. Thị Đường. Petring hỏi chủ sở hữu William Dietrich để thuê một căn phòng cho anh và vợ. Của anh ấy “vợ” là bạn gái vừa ly dị của ông Freda Hagenmeyer. Officer Petring đã được nhìn thấy Freda Hagenmeyer, ai
Oliver Leonard Kirk có phân biệt được các võ sĩ quyền Anh Olympic duy nhất để giành chiến thắng một huy chương vàng trong hai lớp trọng lượng riêng biệt trong Thế vận hội Olympic cùng. Oliver Kirk hoàn thành kỳ tích này ở quê nhà Thế vận hội 1904. St. Louis tổ chức Olympic thứ ba trong 1904 Hội chợ triển lãm thế giới. Like the Paris Games four years before, 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. Tuy nhiên, many family members were honest, hard-working people, who struggled to understand what went wrong with their loved one. Early in his career