Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
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. Mara nyingi huandikwa kama Edward lakini hutamkwa kama kuweka pamoja misaada na kata, Eduard was as unique as his name. I struggled with writing much about him because the stories I heard about him
Linapokuja suala la siasa mashine na uhalifu wa kupangwa, Kansas City daima outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City ilikuwa pia ni nyumbani kwa high-profile gangland shootings kadhaa. St. Louis’ mwisho kiongozi wahalifu alikamatwa kwa ajili ya kucheza kadi. 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, Aprili 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell aliajiriwa kama mekanika huko
Wiki zilizopita, Nilikuwa nikitafuta nakala ya Ivanhoe ya Sir Walter Scott kutoka kwa maktaba ya zamani ya babu yangu. Babu Gilbert P. Ellis alikuwa maktaba ambayo yeye alinipa katika miaka ya 1990. Vitabu hivi na dawati lake ni hazina ambayo itakuwa kukaa na mimi mpaka siku mimi kufa. Kama mtoto, Nilikuwa nikikaa kwake
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 Polisi historia, 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, Aprili 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. The time
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. Mimi
Majengo ni piles tu ya bodi na matofali bila hadithi kwamba ni masharti yao. Wakati wa Novemba 1912, St. Louis Ofisa wa Polisi Arthur Huddleston aliuawa na paroled muuaji Albert Whitefield. Whitefield imemshangaza mke kawaida mkwe wake, ambaye alikuwa burudani mwitaji mwingine muungwana. Whitefield alijaribu kuua yake mbele ya watu wawili St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
Siku ya Jumanne, Novemba 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,