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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. ხშირად იწერება როგორც ედვარდი, მაგრამ გამოხატულია, როგორც დახმარებისა და პალატის შეკრება, Eduard was as unique as his name. მე მიჭირდა მის შესახებ ბევრი რამ დამეწერა, რადგან მასზე მოვისმინე ისტორიები
როდესაც საქმე მანქანა პოლიტიკისა და ორგანიზებული დანაშაული, Kansas City ყოველთვის outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City ასევე სახლში რამდენიმე გახმაურებული gangland სროლები. წმინდა. Louis’ ბოლო ორგანიზებული დანაშაულის ლიდერი დააკავეს სათამაშო ბარათები. 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, აპრილი 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell was employed as a mechanic at
Weeks ago, I was looking for a copy of Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott from my grandfather’s old library. Grandpa Gilbert P. Ellis had a library that he gave me in the early 1990s. These books and his desk are treasures that will stay with me until the day I die. As a kid, I used to sit in his
Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, წმინდა. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. ლუი პოლიციის ისტორია, 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, აპრილი 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. დრო
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. I
შენობები მხოლოდ დაფებისა და აგურის გროვაა, მათზე მიმაგრებული ისტორიების გარეშე. During November 1912, წმინდა. ლუისის პოლიციის ოფიცერი არტურ ჰადლსტონი მოკლა პირობით გათავისუფლებულმა მკვლელმა ალბერტ უაიტფილდმა. უაიტფილდმა გააოცა თავისი ჩვეულებრივი ცოლი, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
სამშაბათი, ნოემბერი 5, 1901, წმინდა. ლუი პოლიციის ტყვედ Ben Kilpatrick და Laura ბუილონის მათი მონაწილეობა დიდი ჩრდილოეთ მატარებელი ქურდობისთვის Montana ივლისს 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick იქნებოდა 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,