Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about the history of St. Ludvig, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Keskiviikkona, Toukokuu 9, 1900, toinen päivä St. Louis Viettelysten Strike, harhaluoti tappoi Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, Espanjan ja Yhdysvaltojen sota veteraani, oli katsomassa lakko ralli kulmassa Finney ja N. Taylor Avenue. Kilpailun aikana, 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, attempted to escape the St. Louis Jail in January 1904. Besides working with the other prisoners on making a hole in the wall of the jail, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use
Syyskuun 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Ludvig’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. The 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. Ludvig’ South
Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Kaarle, 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, Leen haasteena oli kasvattaa kaksivuotias poikansa Gilbert sinkkuna
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. Tammikuu
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. Syyskuun 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.
Marraskuun 16, 1877, St. Louis Poliisi 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. Mies tunnistettiin myöhemmin Frank Randen tuli Wrightin Pawnshop noin 9:30 a.m. Wright lähetti yhden hänen avustajansa poliisille. As Officer White and Heffernan
Perjantaina, Lokakuu 14, and Saturday, Lokakuu 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. Ludvig, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Kate Chopin, tytär merkittävä ranskalainen perhe ja tuolloin paikallinen kirjailija, romahti St. Ludvig 1904 Maailmannäyttely August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin oli vain 54 vuotias ja kärsi aivoverenvuotoon tai aneurism. Hän kuoli kotonaan on McPherson Avenue 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. One of the mechanisms governments used to collect fees for road