Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Μιζούρι, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Την Τετάρτη, Μάιος 9, 1900, η δεύτερη ημέρα του Αγίου. Louis τραμ Strike, μια αδέσποτη σφαίρα σκότωσε Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, ένας βετεράνος Spanish-American πόλεμος, Έβλεπα ένα ράλι απεργία στη γωνία του Finney και Ν. Taylor Avenue. Κατά τη διάρκεια του αγώνα, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, ο δεύτερος ληστής τραπεζών που συμμετέχουν στην Ένωση, MO ληστεία τράπεζας τον Δεκέμβριο 26, 1902, προσπάθησαν να ξεφύγουν από το St. Louis φυλακή τον Ιανουάριο 1904. Εκτός από την εργασία με τους άλλους κρατουμένους που κάνει μια τρύπα στον τοίχο της φυλακής, 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. Louis’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. Το 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
Ιούλιος “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Κάρολος, 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, Η Lee είχε την πρόκληση να μεγαλώσει τον δίχρονο γιο της Gilbert ως single
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Μητροπολιτική Αστυνομία. 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. Τον Ιανουάριο
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.
Τον Νοέμβριο του 16, 1877, St. Louis Police Officer 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. The man later identified as Frank Rande entered Wright’s Pawnshop at about 9:30 π.μ. Wright sent one of his assistants for the police. As Officer White and Heffernan
Την Παρασκευή, Οκτώβριος 14, and Saturday, Οκτώβριος 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. Ο 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, Η κόρη ενός εξέχοντος γαλλική οικογένεια και την τοπική ώρα συγγραφέα, κατέρρευσε στο St. Louis 1904 Παγκόσμια Έκθεση Αυγούστου 20, 1904. Madame Chopin ήταν μόνο 54 ετών και υπέστη εγκεφαλική αιμορραγία ή ανεύρυσμα. Πέθανε στο σπίτι της στη Λεωφόρο McPherson τον Αύγουστο 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. Ένας από τους μηχανισμούς που χρησιμοποιούσαν οι κυβερνήσεις για την είσπραξη τελών για το δρόμο