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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. Pogosto se piše kot Edward, izgovarja pa se kot sestavljanje pomoči in varovanja, Eduard was as unique as his name. Zaradi zgodb, ki sem jih slišal o njem, sem imel težave s pisanjem o njem
When it comes to machine politics and organized crime, Kansas City has always outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City was also home to several high-profile gangland shootings. 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, April 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell je bil zaposlen kot mehanik pri
Pred tedni, Iskal sem kopijo Ivanhoeja Sir Walterja Scotta iz stare knjižnice mojega dedka. dedek Gilbert P. Ellis je imel knjižnico, ki mi jo je podaril v zgodnjih devetdesetih. Te knjige in njegova miza so zakladi, ki bodo ostali z mano do dneva, ko bom umrl. Kot otrok, Včasih sem sedel v njegovem
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. Louis Policija Zgodovina, 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, April 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. Čas
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
Zgradbe so le kupi desk in opek brez zgodb, ki so nanje vezane. During November 1912, St. Louisovega policista Arthurja Huddlestona je ubil pogojni morilec Albert Whitefield. Whitefield je presenetil svojo zunajzakonsko ženo, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
V torek, November 5, 1901, St. Louis Policija ujeli Ben KILPATRICK in Laura Bullion za svoj del v Great Northern železniške ropa v Montani na julij 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick bi služil 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,