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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Sovint s'escriu com Edward, però es pronuncia com unir ajuda i protecció, Eduard was as unique as his name. Em va costar escriure molt sobre ell perquè les històries que vaig sentir sobre ell
Quan es tracta de la maquinària política i el crim organitzat, Kansas City sempre ha eclipsat St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City també va ser la llar de diversos tirotejos entre bandes d'alt perfil. St. Louis’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
21-year old Charles Merrell had already served a term in the Missouri Penitentiary for stealing a car in Scotland County, when he got the idea to hold up the Morris Packing Company on Saturday, Abril 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell treballava com a mecànic a
Fa setmanes, Estava buscant una còpia d'Ivanhoe de Sir Walter Scott de l'antiga biblioteca del meu avi. L'avi Gilbert P. Ellis tenia una biblioteca que em va regalar a principis dels anys noranta. These books and his desk are treasures that will stay with me until the day I die. As a kid, Jo solia seure a la seva
Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. Història Policia Louis, Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in the early 1900s. French
On the morning of Saturday, Abril 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 S. Broadway. One man emerged, looked around and waived for his companion to exit the back seat. After hesitating for a few seconds, the other man exited as the automobile crawled down the busy street. El temps
Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. Jo
Els edificis són només munts de taules i maons sense les històries que s'uneixen a ells. Durant novembre 1912, St. Oficial de Policia Louis Arthur Huddleston va ser assassinat per assassí en llibertat condicional Albert Whitefield. Whitefield havia sorprès la seva concubina, que era entretingut altra persona que truca cavaller. Whitefield va intentar matar abans de les dues St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
Dimarts, Novembre 5, 1901, St. Louis Police captured Ben Kilpatrick and Laura Bullion for their part in the Great Northern train robbery in Montana on July 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick would serve 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for
My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,