Historiador de deportes de combate y artista marcial
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Misuri, 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. A menudo se escribe como Edward pero se pronuncia como armar ayuda y protección., Eduard was as unique as his name. Me costó mucho escribir sobre él porque las historias que escuché sobre él
Cuando se trata de la maquinaria política y el crimen organizado, Kansas City siempre ha eclipsado St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City también fue el hogar de varios tiroteos entre bandas de alto perfil. St. Louis’ último líder del crimen organizado fue detenido por jugar a las cartas. 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 trabajaba como mecánico en
Hace semanas, Estaba buscando una copia de Ivanhoe de Sir Walter Scott en la antigua biblioteca de mi abuelo.. Abuelo Gilbert P.. Ellis tenía una biblioteca que me regaló a principios de los años 1990.. Estos libros y su escritorio son tesoros que permanecerán conmigo hasta el día de mi muerte.. como un niño, Yo solía sentarme en su
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. Historia Policía 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 tiempo
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. Yo
Los edificios son sólo montones de tablas y ladrillos sin las historias que se les atribuyen.. During November 1912, St. El oficial de policía de Louis, Arthur Huddleston, fue asesinado por el asesino en libertad condicional Albert Whitefield.. Whitefield había sorprendido a su esposa de hecho, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
El martes, Noviembre 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,