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Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. Nan mwa janvye
Sou Novanm 7, 1890, Chief of Detectives William Desmond brought in Pat Kennedy, a low-level St. Louis crook, who was suspected of stealing 20 cents from a cigar store on North 9th Street. A 3rd District St. Louis Police Officer captured Kennedy after he robbed a Miss Minnie Mullaney at 16th Street and Franklin Avenue. Kennedy proved a first-rate coward,
Nan mwa janvye 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Sepandan, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, St a. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Jodi a, 4200 Cook is
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, oswa 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri history. While St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River, the World’s Fair put it on the international map. While the fair would bring notoriety, tourists and increased revenue to the city,
Nan Vandredi, Oktòb 14, and Saturday, Oktòb 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. Nan 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Nan Mèkredi, Me 9, 1900, dezyèm jou a nan St. Louis tramwe grèv, yon bal mawon touye Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, yon veteran Lagè Espanyòl-Ameriken, te ap gade yon rasanbleman grèv nan kwen Finney ak N. Taylor Avenue. Pandan rasanbleman an, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, dezyèm vòlè a bank ki patisipe nan Inyon an, MO vole labank sou Desanm 26, 1902, eseye chape anba St la. Louis Prizon nan mwa janvye 1904. Anplis ap travay ak lòt prizonye yo sou fè yon twou nan miray la nan prizon an, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use
Sou Sèptanm 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Louis’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. St a. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Louis’ South
St. Chèf Polis Louis nan Detektif William Desmond fè anpil kriminèl difisil pale sou karyè li. Jan Huey, yon ansasen Indiana, pa t 'youn nan ka sa yo. Huey lib pale ak Desmond sou sot pase kriminèl l '. Huey chape soti nan Indiana apre k ap sèvi 13 ane pou yon touye moun nan 1874. Jan Huey rive Lyon, Indiana nan 1874 as a 22-year-old.