Oliver ve Kirk 1904 St. Louis Olimpiyatları

oliver-kirk-st-louis-boxer

Oliver Leonard Kirk aynı Olimpiyat Oyunlarında iki ayrı ağırlık sınıflarında altın madalya kazanan tek Olimpiyat boksör olma özelliğini taşıyor. Oliver Kirk memleketi Olimpiyatları bu başarıyı 1904. St. Louis döneminde üçüncü Olimpiyatlarına ev sahipliği yaptı 1904 Dünya Fuarı Fuarı. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

Pay
» Devamını Oku

Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

george-baptiste

Eylül 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. Yıllardır, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

Pay
» Devamını Oku

St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

st-francis-de-sales-stl-kilisesi

Kasım 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 children. St. Louis Başpiskoposluğu kiliseyi adadı

Pay
» Devamını Oku

Man Kills Middleweight King

stanley-ketchel-1910

After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 yıl, 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

Pay
» Devamını Oku

Ned O’Baldwin Shot

Ned-obaldwin-ödüllü dövüşçü

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. Ancak, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. 19. yüzyılda profesyonel dövüşçüler, ülke dışında kötü bir üne sahipti.

Pay
» Devamını Oku

Patron Butler ve St. Louis Makinası

col-edward-patron-uşak

Bu makine siyaset ve organize suçla gelince, Kansas City hep St outshone etti. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City birçok yüksek profilli çete çekimleri de ev oldu. St. Louis’ Geçen organize suç örgütü lideri iskambil için tutuklandı. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

Pay
» Devamını Oku

George Baptiste Dies

george-baptiste

Aralık 1, 1938 at 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 yaş. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home

Pay
» Devamını Oku

Murder at 2912 Washington

huddleston-murder-case

Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, St. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for

Pay
» Devamını Oku
1 2 3