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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. Shpesh shkruhet si Eduard, por shqiptohet si bashkimi i ndihmës dhe repartit, Eduard was as unique as his name. Kam luftuar të shkruaj shumë për të, sepse tregimet që kam dëgjuar për të
Kur është fjala për politikë të makinës dhe krimit të organizuar, Kansas City ka outshone gjithmonë St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City ishte edhe shtëpia e disa të profilit të lartë incidentesh kriminale. 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, Prill 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell ishte i punësuar si mekanik në
Javë më parë, Po kërkoja një kopje të Ivanhoe nga Sir Walter Scott nga biblioteka e vjetër e gjyshit tim. Gjyshi Gilbert P. Ellis kishte një bibliotekë që ma dha në fillim të viteve 1990. Këta libra dhe tavolina e tij janë thesare që do të qëndrojnë me mua deri në ditën që do të vdes. Si fëmijë, Unë ulesha në të tijën
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 e Louis Policisë, 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, Prill 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. Koha
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. Unë
Ndërtesat janë vetëm pirgje dërrasash dhe tullash pa historitë që u janë bashkangjitur. During November 1912, St. Oficeri i policisë së Louis, Arthur Huddleston u vra nga vrasësi i liruar me kusht, Albert Whitefield. Whitefield kishte befasuar gruan e tij të zakonshme, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
Të martën, Nëntor 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,