Pertaining To St. Louis
Interesting Things To Google.
A St. Louis woman, Pearl Curran, claimed to receive poetry from a spirit through a Ouija board.
Clarence Terhune, a St. Louis caddy, stowed away on the German airship Zeppelin.
The bullet that killed Wild Bill Hickok is buried in St. Louis.
Pretty Boy Floyd was sent to the Missouri penitentiary for a $12,000 St. Louis payroll robbery.
John Dillinger attended an automobile show at Municipal Auditorium in St. Louis.
The Reno Gang and their father lived in St. Louis for a couple of years when things got too hot for them in Indiana.
Frank James, Jesse's brother, was cremated in St. Louis.
Outlaw Sam Bass ran away from his Indiana home when he was a teenager and went to St. Louis but didn't stay long because he thought the city was too dangerous.
Doc Holliday practiced dentistry in St. Louis.
Jack The Ripper died in St. Louis.
Billy The Kid's mother ran a boarding house in St. Louis.
The pirate Jean Lafitte lived his last years around St. Louis and is buried across the river in Alton.
The Sundance Kid and Etta Place were spotted by Pinkerton detectives at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Charles Manson went to St. Louis in the 1950s and got a tattoo.
The 1949 exorcism in St. Louis.
Geronimo rode the Ferris wheel at the St. Louis World's Fair.
Serial killer H.H. Holmes was locked up in a St. Louis jail with a Missouri train robber.
John Slack, one of the men involved in the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872, moved to St. Louis and opened a casket making company.
Big Jim Kennally, a counterfeiter from St. Louis, came up with a plan to steal Lincoln's body in 1876.
Egan's Rats, St. Louis gangsters, were the main suspects in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
John Wilkes Booth was arrested in St. Louis for making anti-government threats.
Mark Gray, who worked for a St. Louis dry goods firm, attempted to assassinate Edwin Booth during a play in Chicago.
Martin Monti, a St. Louis born pilot, defected to Nazi Germany during the war and worked as a propagandist.
A St. Louis woman, Pearl Curran, claimed to receive poetry from a spirit through a Ouija board.
Clarence Terhune, a St. Louis caddy, stowed away on the German airship Zeppelin.
The bullet that killed Wild Bill Hickok is buried in St. Louis.
Pretty Boy Floyd was sent to the Missouri penitentiary for a $12,000 St. Louis payroll robbery.
John Dillinger attended an automobile show at Municipal Auditorium in St. Louis.
The Reno Gang and their father lived in St. Louis for a couple of years when things got too hot for them in Indiana.
Frank James, Jesse's brother, was cremated in St. Louis.
Outlaw Sam Bass ran away from his Indiana home when he was a teenager and went to St. Louis but didn't stay long because he thought the city was too dangerous.
Doc Holliday practiced dentistry in St. Louis.
Jack The Ripper died in St. Louis.
Billy The Kid's mother ran a boarding house in St. Louis.
The pirate Jean Lafitte lived his last years around St. Louis and is buried across the river in Alton.
The Sundance Kid and Etta Place were spotted by Pinkerton detectives at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Charles Manson went to St. Louis in the 1950s and got a tattoo.
The 1949 exorcism in St. Louis.
Geronimo rode the Ferris wheel at the St. Louis World's Fair.
Serial killer H.H. Holmes was locked up in a St. Louis jail with a Missouri train robber.
John Slack, one of the men involved in the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872, moved to St. Louis and opened a casket making company.
Big Jim Kennally, a counterfeiter from St. Louis, came up with a plan to steal Lincoln's body in 1876.
Egan's Rats, St. Louis gangsters, were the main suspects in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
John Wilkes Booth was arrested in St. Louis for making anti-government threats.
Mark Gray, who worked for a St. Louis dry goods firm, attempted to assassinate Edwin Booth during a play in Chicago.
Martin Monti, a St. Louis born pilot, defected to Nazi Germany during the war and worked as a propagandist.
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1892 Elevator Accident
St. Louis, MO Elevator Accident, Mar 1892 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods
Imo's
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imo's_Pizza
The Sporting News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporting_News
Tums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tums
Ted Drewes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_DrewesPosted 04-09-2021 at 06:38 AM by aliasfinn
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UFO Sightings In The Metro East 2017
https://www.bnd.com/living/magazine/...163418718.html
Scotty Baker (1940-1991)
b. St. Louis
Actor
Carrollton
Carrollton, Bridgeton – St Louis Patina
Lew Whistler (1868-1959)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Whistler
Switzer's Licorice
Switzer's Authentic Candy :: Our StoryPosted 04-09-2021 at 10:45 AM by aliasfinn
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100 Year Old Riding Mower
https://www.farmshow.com/a_article.php?aid=28295
The Hair Dryer
https://curiousrambler.com/3-useful-french-inventions/
Irving Berlin and Pvt. Burl Ives appeared in " This Is The Army " December 14, 1942, at the Municipal Auditorium in St. Louis.
Richard Clucas (1927-2011)
b. St. Louis
Actor
Ernest Hemingway's first wife, Elizabeth Hadley Richardson, was born in St. Louis.Posted 04-09-2021 at 06:31 PM by aliasfinn
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Cussing Parrot At The Zoo 1930
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...625526587.html
On August 12, 1930, John Acosta was the first lawbreaker caught by the St. Louis police using a car radio system. He had been stealing lead pipe from a basement.
Edwin Arden (1864-1918)
b. St. Louis
Actor
1930s Toaster Manufactured In St. Louis
https://www.decophobia.com/art-deco-...ter-series-66/
St. Ann's Orphan Asylum
Lost: St. Ann’s Orphan Asylum – Preservation Research OfficePosted 04-10-2021 at 03:45 AM by aliasfinn
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1953 Cargo Plane Crash
St. Louis, MO Cargo Plane Crash, May 1953 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods
Harry Williams
1902 pickpocket
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1501...is-1902-lingo/
When KSD first broadcast in St. Louis on February 8, 1947, there were only four television sets in the entire city.
Eva Lewis (1881-1939)
b. St. Louis
Actress
Billy Alvord (1863-1927)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_AlvordPosted 04-10-2021 at 09:21 AM by aliasfinn
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1889 Newspaper Clippings On Ghosts
https://blog.newspapers.com/ghost-papers-past/
Wallace Pencil Company
https://americanhistory.si.edu/colle...ct/nmah_904300
George Meinhardt (1897-1971)
b. St. Louis
Football player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Meinhardt
The Lasar Typewriter Company
https://www.antikeychop.com/lasar-typewriter
The Quick Meal Stove
https://antiques.lovetoknow.com/Anti...ck_Meal_StovesPosted 04-10-2021 at 02:32 PM by aliasfinn
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Pacific Hotel Fire 1858
St. Louis, MO Pacific Hotel Fire, Mar 1858 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods
Elinor Kershaw (1884-1971)
b. St. Louis
Actress
Knapp Monarch Electric Iron
https://americanhistory.si.edu/colle...t/nmah_1097254
Jimmy Conzelman (1898-1970)
b. St. Louis
Football player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Conzelman
Metalcraft Toys
Old Antique Toys: Revisiting The Metalcraft CompanyPosted 04-10-2021 at 11:21 PM by aliasfinn
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Noah's Ark
Neato Coolville: NOAH'S ARK RESTAURANT ST CHARLES, MO
Velma Middleton (1917-1961)
b. St. Louis
Actress
Hand Crank Phonograph Artophone Company
https://picclick.com/Vintage-Hand-Cr...939125520.html
The first African-American firefighter was appointed to the St. Louis Fire Department on May 21, 1921.
Wagner Electric
https://www.thewellstonloop.com/the-...agner-electricPosted 04-11-2021 at 05:51 AM by aliasfinn
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Hauntings Around St. Louis
https://www.desertsun.com/story/life...ings/16209323/
Actor Robert Duvall attended high school at the Principia in St. Louis and graduated from nearby Principia College in 1953.
Laclede Cab Company began operating in St. Louis in 1946.
Emerson Electric Fan
WiskeyLizard and Co. - Fans For Sale
Ozzie & Harriet Nelson appeared at the Muny June 2-15, 1969, in " State Fair."Posted 04-11-2021 at 09:56 AM by aliasfinn
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The Hoodlum Priest
https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hoodlum_Priest
James B Carson (1885-1958)
b. St. Louis
Actor
Curtis Saw Company
https://www.crosscutsawyer.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=458
Samuel Cupples (1831-1912)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Cupples
His house
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupples_House
Tom Barry (1879-1946)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
WEW
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WEWPosted 04-11-2021 at 04:49 PM by aliasfinn
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Fireball Drops From Sky
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...b8a42d67e.html
Julia Boggs Dent (1826-1902)
b. St. Louis
She married Ulysses S Grant.
Bobby Caldwell (1928-1982)
b. St. Louis
Actor
Handlan Manufacturing Company
https://americanhistory.si.edu/colle...ct/nmah_687534
Velvet Freeze
Lost Tables: Velvet FreezePosted 04-12-2021 at 03:12 AM by aliasfinn
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World's Oldest Coloring Book
https://allthatsinteresting.com/18th...-coloring-book
Joe Peitz (1869-1919)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Peitz
The Parkmoor
https://losttables.com/parkmoor/parkmoor.htm
William Robyns (1856-1936)
b. St. Louis
Actor
Violet Wilkey (1903-1976)
b. St. Louis
ActressPosted 04-12-2021 at 07:44 AM by aliasfinn
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Stan Musial hit 5 homeruns against the NY Giants in a doubleheader on May 2, 1954.
Eddie Albert performed at the Muny in The Music Man June 6-19, 1966.
Erker's Optical Company in St. Louis is the oldest family owned optical company in the United States. It was founded in 1879.
Bill Abstein (1883-1940)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Abstein
Dick Young (1915-2001)
b. St. Louis
ActorPosted 04-12-2021 at 12:38 PM by aliasfinn
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Fireworks Explosion 1973
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7724...xplosion-1973/
Leacock's Sporting Goods Co. was located at 921 Locust Street in St. Louis, Mo. It was founded in 1902 by R.J. Leacock.
Joan Arliss (1897-1989)
b. St. Louis
Actress
Edward Gusciora (1922-1944)
His brother Stanley was one of the gang involved in the Great Brinks Job in 1950.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...ard-j-gusciora
Tom Barry (1879-1946)
b. St. Louis
Baseball playerPosted 04-12-2021 at 05:15 PM by aliasfinn
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Chupacabra Sighting In Valley Park
https://fox2now.com/news/exclusive-v...n-valley-park/
People's Motor Bus Company
https://www.metrostlouis.org/nextsto...-in-the-1930s/
Ollie Kraehe (1898-1966)
b. St. Louis
Football player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ollie_Kraehe
Shawk & McLanahan
Rare revolver
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/sha...olver-company/
George T Davis (1907-2006)
b. St. Louis
ActorPosted 04-13-2021 at 03:27 AM by aliasfinn
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Gunshots At The Fair
https://atthefair.homestead.com/Misc...ATTHEFAIR.html
On April 23, 1999, Fernando Tatis became the first player to hit two grandslams in the same inning when the Cardinals beat the Dodgers 12-5.
James Eads
https://historicmissourians.shsmo.or...-buchanan-eads
Nesco
https://madison-historical.siue.edu/...company-nesco/
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Grandson of Ethan Allen
https://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/coll.../slma-108.htmlPosted 04-13-2021 at 09:18 AM by aliasfinn
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The St. Louis Shag
https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Shag
Helen Bolton (1888-1950)
b. St. Louis
Actress
A.E. Schmidt Billiards
https://aeschmidtbilliards.com/about-us/our-history/
Sid Caesar performed at the Muny in " Oliver " July 13-19, 1970.
The first pharmacy in St. Louis opened in 1809.Posted 04-13-2021 at 02:53 PM by aliasfinn
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Train Crashes Into Wagon 1892
St. Louis, MO Train Crashed Into Wagon, Jan 1892 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods
In 1937 Two fishermen caught an 80 pound bull shark in the Mississippi in Alton just north of St. Louis.
Allen Prescott (1904-1978)
b. St. Louis
Actor
War Hero From St. Louis
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/edi...7acbf02dc.html
Prince Charles spent 6 hours in St. Louis and took a trip to the top of the Arch on October 21, 1977.Posted 04-13-2021 at 06:55 PM by aliasfinn
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Films Shot In St. Louis
https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...t_in_St._Louis
Peggy Worth (1893-1956)
b. St. Louis
Actress
There are 5 named mountains in St. Louis County. Antire Hill is the highest point at 237m, followed by Bald Hill 205m, Lost Hill 185m, Vilhauer Bluff 179m and Jensen's Point 169m.
Rufus L McDonald (1919-1988)
b. St. Louis
Actor
Chuck Aleno (1917-2003)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_AlenoPosted 04-14-2021 at 03:29 AM by aliasfinn
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Man Catches 112 Pound Catfish In Mississippi River
https://wgntv.com/news/man-catches-1...issippi-river/
Maurice Archdeacon (1898-1954)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Archdeacon
Nick Cullop (1900-1978)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
Art Reichle (1914-2000)
b. St. Louis
Actor
Florence Rockwell (1887-1964)
b. St. Louis
Actress
Bolt Of Lightning Kills Golfer
May 25, 1908
St. Louis, Mo. W.H. Howard, a wealthy commission merchant, was killed by lightning during a rain storm that swept over St. Louis. Mr. Howard was a member of the Glen Echo Golf Club and sought shelter under a tree on the course when lightning struck the tree and killed him instantly.Posted 04-14-2021 at 07:33 AM by aliasfinn
