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Posts about the history of St. Луіс, Місуры, family history, and miscellaneous history.
У сераду, Можа 9, 1900, Другі дзень св. Луі Трамвай Удар, Шальная куля забіла Фрэнка Liebrecht. Фрэнк Liebrecht, ветэран Іспана-амерыканская вайна, глядзеў ўдару мітынг на рагу Финни і N. Тэйлар Avenue. Падчас мітынгу, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
Джордж Колінз, другі рабаўнік банкаў ўдзельнічае ў Саюзе, МО рабаванне банка сьнежня 26, 1902, спрабаваў бегчы Санкт. Луі Турма ў студзені 1904. Акрамя працы з іншымі зняволенымі на зрабіць адтуліну ў сцяне турмы, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use
On September 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Луіс’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. Санкт-. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Луіс’ South
Julius “Дзядзька Жуль” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Дзядзька Жуль” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Сховішча” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. Студзеня
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, Вуліца. Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. On September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.
Лістапада 16, 1877, Вуліца. Луі паліцэйскі Джон S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. Чалавек як пасля высветлілася, Фрэнк Rande ўвайшлі ламбард Райта каля 9:30 A.M. Райт паслаў аднаго са сваіх памочнікаў у паліцыі. As Officer White and Heffernan
У пятніцу, Кастрычнік 14, and Saturday, Кастрычнік 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. The 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Луіс, Місуры. Вуліца. Louis was well-represented in
Kate Chopin, daughter of a prominent French family and at the time local author, collapsed at the St. Луіс 1904 World’s Fair on August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin was only 54 years old and suffered a brain hemorrhage or aneurism. She died at her home on McPherson Avenue on August 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. Адзін з механізмаў урада для збору платы за дарогі