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Old 02-14-2018, 05:28 AM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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Clarence Terhune
He was the world's first aerial stowaway in 1928.

The Graf Zeppelin
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Old 02-14-2018, 01:07 PM
 
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William Gentles (1830-1878)
Suspected of being the one who bayoneted Crazy Horse.

https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.p...liam%20Gentles
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Old 02-15-2018, 05:03 AM
 
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The Baltimore Crisis 1891
Chilean mob attacks American sailors at a bar in Valparaiso after one of the sailors spits on a picture of a Chilean National hero.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_crisis
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Old 02-15-2018, 08:30 AM
 
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On September 28, 1930, Two St. Louis men removed the forward gears from their 1929 Ford roadster and drove in reverse from New York to Los Angeles and back again, without ever shutting off the engine.

https://plus.google.com/+carfax/posts/X6uUp5XsPTL
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Old 02-15-2018, 03:45 PM
 
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" Shipwreck " Kelly And The Flagpole Sitting Fad

Flagpole Sitting
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Old 02-16-2018, 05:37 AM
 
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Ernest Cashel (1882-1904)
Famous outlaw in western Canada

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Cashel








The first dinosaur fossil to be scientifically described was Megalosaurus. It was named in 1824 by William Buckland (1784-1856), a British fossil hunter and clergyman.
The first dinosaur found was Iguanodon, but it was named and described later.
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Old 02-16-2018, 01:47 PM
 
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Judge Roy Bean's Prizefight 1896
Boxing was banned in Texas, so Bean held the match on a sandbar on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande.

Rumble on the Rio Grande - The Sweet Science
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Old 02-17-2018, 05:57 AM
 
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Eddie Eagan (1897-1967)
The only person to win a gold medal at both the summer and winter Olympics in different events.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Eagan
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Old 02-17-2018, 08:51 AM
 
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The Bloody Benders

Notorious serial killer family in 1870s Kansas.

https://truewestmagazine.com/dinner-at-the-devils-inn/





They vanished after their crimes were discovered, some thought they settled in St. Louis amongst the German community, but 140 years later, they may have been found buried in a Colorado cemetery near Doc Holliday's grave.

https://truewestmagazine.com/history...n-plain-sight/
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Old 02-17-2018, 11:21 PM
 
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The Staffelbachs
Another notorious Kansas family

The Unknown History of MISANDRY: Nancy Staffleback, Serial Killer Family Matriarch – Kansas 1897


Doubts arise over history of Galena's Murder Bordello - Route 66 News





Charles D Barger (1892-1936)
Son of George Staffelbach
He was a national hero of WWI and received 24 medals, including the Medal of Honor, and 10 Purple Hearts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._Barger


Descendants digging into WWI hero Charles Barger's story found pain, trouble - News - Examiner - Independence, MO
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