Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about miscellaneous history.
George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. Ludvig’ resident all-around athlete before taking over the company, Baptiste Tent and Awning, founded by his father Alexander Baptiste. Besides plying his trade as an occasional but accomplished professional wrestler, Baptise was a powerful swimmer. On August 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Kuitenkin, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Ammattitaistelut 1800-luvulla nauttivat huonosta maineesta sen ulkopuolella
Johnny Reagan was an important fighter in the St. Louis boxing scene during the first decade of the 20th Century. Originally from Brooklyn, Reagan moved to St. Louis to train under Jack McKenna. McKenna based his operation out of St. Ludvig, where his fighter primarily fought at St. Ludvig’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
On August 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Sisään 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Ludvig. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. Sisään 1847, the
Oliver Leonard Kirk on kunnia olla ainoa Olympic nyrkkeilijä voittaa kultamitalin kahdessa eri painoluokassa samassa olympialaisiin. Oliver Kirk tämän urotyön hänen kotikaupungissaan olympialaisissa 1904. St. Louis isännöi kolmannen olympiadin aikana 1904 Maailmannäyttely Expo. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Syyskuun 15, 1919, St. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. Vuosia, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, tytär merkittävä ranskalainen perhe ja tuolloin paikallinen kirjailija, romahti St. Ludvig 1904 Maailmannäyttely August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin oli vain 54 vuotias ja kärsi aivoverenvuotoon tai aneurism. Hän kuoli kotonaan on McPherson Avenue August 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Marraskuun 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Ludvig”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Ludvig, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard ja Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. The St. Louisin arkkihiippakunta vihki kirkon
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 vuotta, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Kun se tulee koneen politiikan ja järjestäytyneen rikollisuuden, Kansas City on aina loisti St. Ludvig. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City oli myös useita korkean profiilin gangland ampumista. St. Ludvig’ viime järjestäytyneen rikollisuuden johtaja pidätettiin pelikortit. We did have a Democratic party political machine around