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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Nan Mèkredi, Me 9, 1900, dezyèm jou a nan St. Louis tramwe grèv, yon bal mawon touye Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, yon veteran Lagè Espanyòl-Ameriken, te ap gade yon rasanbleman grèv nan kwen Finney ak N. Taylor Avenue. Pandan rasanbleman an, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, dezyèm vòlè a bank ki patisipe nan Inyon an, MO vole labank sou Desanm 26, 1902, eseye chape anba St la. Louis Prizon nan mwa janvye 1904. Anplis ap travay ak lòt prizonye yo sou fè yon twou nan miray la nan prizon an, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use
Sou Sèptanm 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 a. 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. 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. Nan mwa janvye
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. Sou Sèptanm 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.
Sou Novanm 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
Nan Vandredi, Oktòb 14, and Saturday, Oktòb 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. Nan 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, pitit fi nan yon fanmi enpòtan franse ak la nan moman otè lokal, tonbe nan St a. Louis 1904 San Patipri Mondyal la sou Out 20, 1904. Madame Chopin te sèlman 54 ane fin vye granmoun ak soufri yon emoraji nan sèvo oswa anevrism. Li te mouri nan kay la li sou McPherson Avenue sou Out 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. Youn nan gouvènman yo mekanism itilize nan kolekte frè pou wout