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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Ar ddydd Mercher, Mai 9, 1900, yr ail ddiwrnod Sant. Louis Streetcar Streic, bwled sy'n crwydro lladd Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, gyn-filwr Rhyfel Sbaeneg-Americanaidd, yn gwylio rali streic ar gornel Finney a N. Taylor Avenue. Yn ystod y rali, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, the second bank robber involved in the Union, MO bank robbery on December 26, 1902, ceisio i ddianc rhag y St. Louis Jail ym mis Ionawr 1904. Ar wahân i weithio gyda'r carcharorion eraill ar wneud twll yn y wal y carchar, bu hefyd yn trefnu gyda gard carchar i gael llifiau smyglo iddo. 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. Louis’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. St. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Louis’ South
Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Uncle Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Lee” 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. Adran Heddlu Metropolitan Louis. 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. Ar Ionawr
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, St. 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.
Ar Dachwedd 16, 1877, St. Heddwas Louis John S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. Y dyn a nodwyd yn ddiweddarach fel Frank Rande aeth pawnshop Wright ar tua 9:30 a.m. Wright anfon un o'i gynorthwywyr ar gyfer yr heddlu. As Officer White and Heffernan
Ar ddydd Gwener, Hydref 14, and Saturday, Hydref 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. Mae'r 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Kate Chopin, merch o deulu Ffrengig amlwg ac ar y pryd awdur lleol, cwympo yn y St. Louis 1904 Ffair y Byd ar Awst 20, 1904. Roedd Madame Chopin yn unig 54 mlwydd oed ac dioddef hemorrhage ymennydd neu aneurism. Bu farw yn ei chartref ar McPherson Avenue ar Awst 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. Un o'r mecanweithiau a ddefnyddir gan lywodraethau i gasglu ffioedd ar gyfer ffyrdd