Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim
週三, 五月 9, 1900, 聖的第二天. 路易斯電車罷工, 流彈打死弗蘭克Liebrecht. 弗蘭克Liebrecht, 西班牙 - 美國戰爭老兵, 看著罷工集會在芬尼和N的角落. 泰勒大道. 在集會期間, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
Category: 聖. 路易和其他歷史
有關St的歷史的帖子. 路易, 密蘇里州, 家史, 和其他歷史.
該 1904 Attempted St. Louis Jail Break
喬治·柯林斯, 參與聯盟的第二個銀行搶劫犯, 在十二月MO搶劫銀行 26, 1902, 企圖逃跑的聖. 一月路易斯監獄 1904. 除了與其他囚犯在做一個洞在監獄的牆上工作, 他還安排了獄警已經鋸走私到他. Collins intended to use
Ghost of the Old Castle
在9月 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. 路易’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. 在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. 路易’ South
Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)
朱利葉斯 “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. 查爾斯, 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 “李” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, 李單身時面臨撫養兩歲兒子吉伯特的挑戰
Detective Desmond Gets His Men
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. 路易·警視廳. 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. 一月
Hotel Sneak Thief Captured
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, 聖. 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. 在9月 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.
Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer
十一月 16, 1877, 聖. 路易斯警官約翰·S. 懷特和他的合夥人赫弗南迴應了一份通緝犯的報導，試圖在賴特的典當行中典當偷偷摸摸的商品. 後來查明是弗蘭克·朗德的男子進入賴特的當舖約 9:30 比前收市價. 賴特派他的助手之一，警方. As Officer White and Heffernan
摔跤在 1904 夏季奧運會在聖. 路易
上週五, 十月 14, and Saturday, 十月 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. 該 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. 路易, MO. 聖. Louis was well-represented in
Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair
凱特·肖邦, 一個突出的法國家庭和當時當地作家的女兒, 在聖倒塌. 路易 1904 世界博覽會於八月 20, 1904. 杜莎夫人肖邦是唯一 54 歲，遭受了腦出血或動脈瘤. 她在她的家在麥弗遜大道死了8月 22, 1904. 凱特·肖邦出生凱特奧弗萊厄蒂在聖.
John Riley Collects Poll Tax
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. 政府用來收取道路費用的機制之一