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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
U srijedu, Svibanj 9, 1900, Drugi dan sv. Louis Streetcar Strike, zalutali metak ubio Franka Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, Španjolski-američki ratni veteran, gledao štrajk rally na uglu Finney i N. Taylor Avenue. Tijekom relija, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, Drugi pljačkaš banaka koji su uključeni u Uniji, MO pljačke banke na dan 26, 1902, pokušao pobjeći st. Louis zatvor u siječnju 1904. Osim rada s ostalim zatvorenicima na izradu rupu u zidu zatvora, 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. 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 “Ujak Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Ujak Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Zavjetrina” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee je imala izazov odgajati svog dvogodišnjeg sina Gilberta kao samac
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Odjel Louis Metropolitan policije. 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. Siječnja
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.
Studeni 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 a.m. Wright sent one of his assistants for the police. As Officer White and Heffernan
U petak, Listopad 14, and Saturday, Listopad 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. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Kate Chopin, daughter of a prominent French family and at the time local author, collapsed at the St. Louis 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. Jedan od mehanizama koje su države koristile za prikupljanje naknada za ceste