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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Miercuri, Mai 9, 1900, a doua zi de St. Louis tramvai Strike, un glonț rătăcit a ucis Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, un veteran de război spaniol-american, uitam la un miting de grevă la colțul de Finney și N. Taylor Avenue. În timpul raliului, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, de-al doilea jefuitor de banci implicate în Uniune, MO jaf decembrie 26, 1902, a încercat să scape de St. Louis închisoare în ianuarie 1904. Pe lângă lucrul cu ceilalți deținuți pentru a face o gaură în perete de închisoare, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use
Septembrie 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 “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 “Sub vânt” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee a avut provocarea de a-și crește fiul de doi ani, Gilbert, ca necăsătorit
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. Ianuarie
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. Septembrie 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.
Noiembrie 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
Vineri, Octombrie 14, and Saturday, Octombrie 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, fiica unui proeminent familie francez și la momentul autor locală, prăbușit la St. Louis 1904 Targul din lume august 20, 1904. Madame Chopin a fost doar 54 de ani și a suferit o hemoragie cerebrală sau anevrism. A murit la casa ei pe McPherson Avenue august 22, 1904. Kate Chopin sa născut Kate O'Flaherty în 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. Unul dintre mecanismele pe care guvernele le-au folosit pentru a colecta taxe pentru drumuri