Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Trešdien, Maijs 9, 1900, otrā diena St. Louis tramvajs Strike, nomaldījies aizzīme nogalināti Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, spāņu-amerikāņu kara veterāns, bija skatoties streiku rallijs stūrī Finney un N. Taylor Avenue. Rallija laikā, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, Otrajā banku laupītājs iesaistīti Savienībā, MO bankas laupīšanu decembrī 26, 1902, mēģināja aizbēgt ST. Louis Jail janvārī 1904. Bez strādā ar citiem ieslodzītajiem padarītu caurumu sienā cietuma, viņš arī sakārto ar cietuma aizsargu, ir zāģi kontrabandas viņam. Collins intended to use
Septembrī 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 “Tēvocis Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Tēvocis Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Patvērums” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lī bija izaicinājums izaudzināt savu divus gadus veco dēlu Gilbertu kā vienu
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. Janvārī
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. Septembrī 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.
Novembrī 16, 1877, St. Louis policijas darbinieks 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. Vēlāk identificēts kā Frank Rande cilvēks iegāja Wright Lombards apmēram 9:30 a.m. Wright nosūtīja viens no viņa palīgiem policijai. As Officer White and Heffernan
Piektdien, Oktobris 14, un sestdienās, Oktobris 15, 1904, 42 cīkstoņi in 7 svara kategorijas tikās pirmajās Olimpiskajās spēlēs apstrīdēto frīstaila cīņas metode. Iepriekšēji Olimpiskās spēles tika apstrīdēts grieķu-romiešu stilā cīkstēšanās. The 1904 Vasaras Olimpiskās spēles notika sadarbībā ar 1904 Pasaules 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. Viens no mehānismiem, ko valdības izmantoja, lai iekasētu nodevas par ceļiem