Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
1909 was waarskynlik die ergste jaar van Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman se lewe. Hy verloor beide sy tien maande oue dogter Ida Mei Zimmerman en sy tweede vrou Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Voor Parker se dood in die Kaap Giraurdeau Tornado van 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Op November 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 kinders. Die St. Louis Aartsbisdom het die kerk ingewy
On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ South Side. Dit is nie duidelik of Charles Sanders se optrede Printz se aandag getrek het nie, of Printz het net op Sanders afgekom. Whatever the circumstances, Printz het na Sanders gestap, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
Onlangs, I was searching for information about my Great Uncle Francis’ marriage to my Great Aunt Rosemary Kalt. What I discovered was an unexpected genealogy treasure, a picture in the July 5 uitgawe van die St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 van die 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond had respect for the “old school criminals”, who plied their trade in St. Louis during the late 19th Century. Egter, he did not have the same degree of respect for the thug tactics of the “new school criminals”. These criminals made up for a lack of finesse with great violence. Hoof Desmond gesê
On Thursday, September 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert and William Salisbury went to Fred Fisher’s Saloon at the corner of N. Jefferson and Morgan (Delmar today). After ordering drinks, the two young men of unsavory reputation refused to pay for their drinks. Na probeer om onwettige betaling, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, opgedra aan die
For the Sunday, Junie 24, 1900 uitgawe van die St. Louis Republiek, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. After 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Hoofman Desmond het die toenemende geweld wat hy uitsien, betreur
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 jaar. Assigned to a beat near Natural Bridge and Vandeventer Avenues, Officer Anderson was known as the “Friendly Copper” by the residents and businesses on his beat. Working the overnight shift on a cold February morning, Officer Anderson was walking on Vandeventer just south of
Before he was promoted to Special Officer, St. Louis Police Officer Preston Anslyn responded to calls for service like any other patrolman. On the morning of February 28, 1916, Anslyn was patrolling the area of Franklin and Jefferson Avenues. A citizen notified Anslyn that 30-year-old Albert Kivet was celebrating after his birthday on February 27th. During his revelry, Kivet aangerand
On Thursday, Januarie 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, een van St. Louis’ rykste mans, besit residensiële vaste eiendom en ander bates ter waarde van 2 miljoen dollar. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Hy