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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Ar Dé Céadaoin, Bealtaine 9, 1900, an dara lá de Naomh. Louis streetcar Stailc, le piléar fáin maraíodh Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, veteran Cogadh na Spáinne-Mheiriceánach, bhí ag breathnú rally stailc ar an choirnéal Finney agus N. Taylor Ascaill. I rith na rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, an dara robÚlaí banc a bhfuil baint acu leis an Aontas, Robáil bainc MO ar December 26, 1902, iarracht chun éalú ó na Naomh. Louis príosún i mí Eanáir 1904. Chomh maith le bheith ag obair le na príosúnaigh eile ar a dhéanamh poll sa bhalla an phríosúin, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use
Meán Fómhair 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. An Naomh. 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 “Uncail Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Uncail Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Lee” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Bhí sé de dhúshlán ag Lee a mac dhá bhliain d'aois Gilbert a ardú mar shingil
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. Ar Eanáir
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. Meán Fómhair 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.
Ar Samhain 16, 1877, St. Oifigeach Póilíní 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. An fear a aithníodh ina dhiaidh sin mar Frank Rande isteach pawnshop Wright ag thart 9:30 a.m. Wright sent one of his assistants for the police. As Officer White and Heffernan
Ar Dé hAoine, Deireadh Fómhair 14, and Saturday, Deireadh Fómhair 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. An 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, iníon de theaghlach feiceálach Fraince agus ag an am údar áitiúil, thit ag an Naomh. Louis 1904 Domhain Aonach Lúnasa 20, 1904. Bhí Madame Chopin amháin 54 bliain d'aois agus d'fhulaing hemorrhage inchinn nó aneurism. Fuair sí bás ar a bhaile ar McPherson Ascaill Lúnasa 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. Ceann de na meicníochtaí a úsáidtear rialtais chun táillí a bhailiú le haghaidh bóithre