Historian i sporteve luftarake dhe artist luftarak
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. Më gusht 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. Megjithatë, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Luftimet profesionale në shekullin e 19-të gëzonin një reputacion të dobët jashtë
Johnny Reagan ishte një luftëtar i rëndësishëm në St. Skena e boksit Louis gjatë dekadës së parë të shekullit të 20-të. Me origjinë nga Bruklini, Reagan u zhvendos në St. Louis do të stërvitet nën Jack McKenna. McKenna e bazoi operacionin e tij jashtë St. Louis, ku luftëtari i tij luftoi kryesisht në St. Louis’ Klubi West End. Reagan ishte një peshë në rritje në atë kohë
Më gusht 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Në 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. Në 1847, the
Oliver Leonard Kirk has the distinction of being the only Olympic boxer to win a gold medal in two separate weight classes in the same Olympic Games. Oliver Kirk accomplished this feat at his hometown Olympics in 1904. St. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 1904 World’s Fair Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Në shtator 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. Për vite, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, bijë e një familje të shquar francez dhe në kohën autorit lokale, shembur në St. Louis 1904 Panairi Botërore më August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin ishte vetëm 54 vjeç dhe pësoi një hemoragji të trurit apo aneurizëm. Ajo vdiq në shtëpinë e saj në McPherson Avenue më August 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Në nëntor 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 fëmijë. St. Kryedioqeza e Louis dedikoi kishën
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 vjet, 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
Kur është fjala për politikë të makinës dhe krimit të organizuar, Kansas City ka outshone gjithmonë St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City ishte edhe shtëpia e disa të profilit të lartë incidentesh kriminale. St. Louis’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around