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Posts about miscellaneous history.
After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. Međutim, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt picked his Secretary of War and former Governor of the Phillipines
Na hladnom siječanjske noći u 1904, kada je grad St. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. Bilo je 5:45 poslije podne. on January 13th at the old Brown Shoe Company factory at the corner of Washington Avenue and North Eleventh Street. Time for the men to
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. Kolovoza 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.
The fate of much of St. Louis’ historic buildings prove the old real estate adage. It’s all about location, location, location. If the building is in the South St. Louis, it has a better chance of being saved than a building on the North Side. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except
General William Tecumseh Sherman od građanskog rata slave imala duboke korijene u St. Louis istezanje natrag 1843. Kao vojnik, the US Army assigned Sherman to Jefferson Barracks. Sherman was also involved in St. Louis businesses as the St. Louis Street Railroad Company predsjednik, dok nije otišao St. Louis for the Civil War in 1861. After the war,
Ja sam ranije pisao o incidentu u kojem detektiv narednik za St. Louis Policija je ubijen tijekom pokušaja pljačke. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis povijest, Detective Sergeant James Martin King’s home in January 1920 still exists. The home is still in excellent condition. 4973 Lotus Avenue was the home of Sgt. King in
Prvi put sam čuo o Chang Apana u featurette na jednom od Charlie Chan DVD seta. I knew a real life detective inspired Earl Derr Biggers to create Charlie Chan. I did not know who the man was. Chang Apana was that man. Chang Apàça (born Ah Ping Chang) on December 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
To je priča o 1942-44 Hebert Street, which is in the Old North St. Louis susjedstvu St. Louis, MO. Like its neighbors, ova struktura je vidio i boljih dana. Postao sam zainteresiran za zgrade, jer je moja prabaka je živio na ovoj adresi u 1930. Obitelj mog djeda po majci živjela je u sjevernom dijelu St. Louis during his