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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. Often written as Edward but pronounced like putting together aid and ward, Eduard was as unique as his name. I struggled with writing much about him because the stories I heard about him
Khi nói đến chính trị máy và tổ chức tội phạm, Kansas City đã luôn luôn tỏa sáng St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City cũng là nơi có nhiều vụ nổ súng xã hội đen cao cấp. St. Louis’ lãnh đạo tổ chức tội phạm cuối cùng đã bị bắt vì chơi bài. 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, Tháng Tư 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
Tuần trước, Tôi đang tìm bản sao cuốn Ivanhoe của Ngài Walter Scott từ thư viện cũ của ông tôi. Ông nội Gilbert P. Ellis có một thư viện mà anh ấy đã tặng tôi vào đầu những năm 1990. These books and his desk are treasures that will stay with me until the day I die. As a kid, Tôi đã từng ngồi trong chỗ của anh ấy
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 lịch sử Cảnh sát, 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, Tháng Tư 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. Tôi
Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, St. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
Vào thứ ba, Tháng Mười Một 5, 1901, St. Louis Cảnh sát bắt giữ Ben Kilpatrick và Laura Vàng phần của họ trong vụ cướp tàu Great Northern ở Montana vào ngày 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick sẽ phục vụ 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,