Kovos sporto istorikas ir kovos menininkas
Posts about miscellaneous history.
George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. Louis’ 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. Rugpjūčio 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. Tačiau, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionali kova XIX amžiuje turėjo prastą reputaciją už jos ribų
Džonis Reiganas buvo svarbus kovotojas Šv. Louis bokso scena pirmąjį XX amžiaus dešimtmetį. Iš pradžių iš Bruklino, Reiganas persikėlė į Šv. Louis treniruotis vadovaujant Jackui McKennai. McKenna savo operaciją grindė Šv. Louis, kur jo kovotojas pirmiausia kovojo Šv. Louis’ West End klubas. Reiganas tuo metu buvo augantis sveriantis svoris
Rugpjūčio 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Į 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. Į 1847, the
Oliver Leonardas Kirkas turi galimybių būti tik olimpinių boksininkas laimėti aukso medalį dviejose skirtingose svorio kategorijose tose pačiose olimpinėse žaidynėse skirtumo. Oliver Kirk atlikti šį žygdarbį jo gimtajame olimpinėse žaidynėse 1904. St. Louis surengė trečiąjį Olimpiados metu 1904 Pasaulio mugė paroda. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Rugsėjo 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. Per metus, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, dukra garsių prancūzų šeimos ir tuo metu vietos autorius, subliūkštų St. Louis 1904 Pasaulio mugė rugpjūčio 20, 1904. Madam Šopenas tik 54 metai ir patyrė smegenų kraujavimas ar aneurizma. Ji mirė savo namuose apie McPherson Avenue rugpjūčio 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Lapkričio 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 vaikai. St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 metai, 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
Kai jis ateina į mašinų politikos ir organizuotu nusikalstamumu, Kansas City visada nustelbia St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City taip pat buvo namuose keletą aukšto lygio gangland šaudymus. St. Louis’ paskutinis organizuotas nusikalstamumas lyderis buvo suimtas už kortų. We did have a Democratic party political machine around