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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Helicopter pilot shoots hijacker
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news...r-prison-break
The first drive-in in metropolitan St. Louis was the Manchester Drive-in at 12610 Manchester Road in Des Peres. It opened on May 24, 1940.
Mary Frann ( 1943-1998)
b. St. Louis
Actress on Newhart.
Arthur McCoy
Rode with the James gang.
Arthur McCoy and the James Gang – Deb Houdek Rule
Kathleen Nolan (1933- )
b. St. Louis
Actress on the Real McCoysPosted 03-27-2021 at 05:54 AM by aliasfinn
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1865 UFO article
https://backpackerverse.com/lumleys-ufo/
UFO, UFO Sighting, The James Lumley Case, UFO News of Another Time | <b><i><a href="http://www.educatinghumanity.com">Educating Humanity</a></i></b>
Rand Brooks (1918-2003)
b. St. Louis
Actor who was in Gone With The Wind.
Ralph Moody (1886-1971)
b. St. Louis
Actor, he played a lot of Indian chiefs.
St. Louis County was organized October 1, 1812 and became the first government seat for the Missouri Territory.Posted 03-27-2021 at 07:18 PM by aliasfinn
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The St. Louis Vampire
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3509...lizabeth-mund/
ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE ST LOUIS VAMPIRE | The Order of the Good Death
Robison Field
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robison_Field
The actor Nick Adams was offered a playing position in minor league baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals while he was in high school but turned it down because he was uninterested in low pay.
In 1930 W.C. Fields played Cap 'n Andy in Showboat at the Muny in St. Louis.Posted 03-28-2021 at 04:03 AM by aliasfinn
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The Good Friday Tornado
https://www.theatlantic.com/national...entury/237845/
The Lemp Mansion
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mo-lempmansion/
The Missouri Hyperloop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Hyperloop
Ruth Henning (1913-2002) who was married to Paul Henning, creator of The Beverly Hillbillies, was born in St. Louis.
Charles Gray (1921-2008)
b. St. Louis
Actor who played on Rawhide.Posted 03-28-2021 at 10:48 AM by aliasfinn
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Lusitania passengers included 4 from St. Louis
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5127...post-dispatch/
Pope John Paul II came to St. Louis January 26, 1999.
Mary Treen (1907-1989)
b. St. Louis
Actress It's A Wonderful Life
Barbara O'Neil (1910-1980)
b. St. Louis
Actress Gone With The Wind
On April 17, 1966, Paul Revere & The Raiders came to St. Louis for a concert at Kiel Auditorium.Posted 03-28-2021 at 08:43 PM by aliasfinn
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Mrs. Buffalo Bill
https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Frederici
Chief Joseph and Quanah Parker attended the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
In the Twilight Zone episode " Walking Distance " where Gig Young walks down a street filled with Victorian houses, it is on a set known as " St. Louis Street " because it was built by MGM for the 1944 movie " Meet Me In St. Louis."
There were 7 St. Louisans on the Titanic when it struck the iceberg.
The largest cash heist in St. Louis history was on August 2, 2010, when thieves robbed ATM Solutions of $ 6.6 million.Posted 03-29-2021 at 05:02 AM by aliasfinn
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Oldest photos of St. Louis
click under the titles to get pictures
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/miss...s-st-Louis-mo/
The first organized fire department in St. Louis was created in 1822.
Lawrence Mikola Sullivan
Con artist, shanghai man
Larry Sullivan: Boxer, politician, con artist, shanghai man | Offbeat Oregon History | #ORhistory
Dick Gregory (1932-2017)
b. St. Louis
Actor
Wilton Graff (1903-1969)
b. St. Louis
ActorPosted 03-29-2021 at 12:30 PM by aliasfinn
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First UHF station in St. Louis was KDNL 30 that started broadcasting in 1969.
Actress Lillian Gish lived in St. Louis
https://lilliangish1893.com/st-louis...democrat-1968/
Patsy Ruth Miller (1904-1995)
b. St. Louis
Actress that played in The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Lon Chaney.
Frank Faylen (1905-1985)
b. St. Louis
Actor who played Ernie the cab driver in It's A Wonderful Life.
Corky The Clown
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article120007373.htmlPosted 03-30-2021 at 05:01 AM by aliasfinn
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Photos of 1959 tornado
https://photos.riverfronttimes.com/s...?slide=1&732_7
The most runs the Cardinals ever scored in a game was 28 on July 6, 1929.
Paul Newman narrated " Lincoln Portrait " at Carnegie Hall with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra April 16, 2005.
Teutenbergs
https://losttables.com/teutenbergs/teutenbergs.htm
David Sharpe (1910-1980)
b. St. Louis
ActorPosted 03-30-2021 at 01:54 PM by aliasfinn
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1872 Trapeze Accident in St.Louis
St. Louis, MO Circus Trapeze Accident, Aug 1872 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods
In the spring of 1884, Heavyweight Champion John L Sullivan was in St. Louis as part of his tour across the country.
Also in St. Louis at that time was Buffalo Bill's Wild West Rocky Mountain and Prairie Exhibition. They performed a skit where Sullivan gets rescued from attacking Indians by Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley.
After the performance they had a huge barbecue at General William T Sherman's house.
Sophia Loren came to St. Louis on October 1, 1980, to promote her perfume.
The star of Highway Patrol, Broderick Crawford, married his third wife in St. Louis in 1973.
Teddy Infuhr (1936-2007)
b. St. Louis
ActorPosted 03-31-2021 at 04:34 AM by aliasfinn
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Beaver Cleaver in St. Louis
St. Louis appearance – Christian Hospital | The Official Jerry Mathers Website
In 1970, cartoonist Hank Ketcham introduced a black character in his Dennis The Menace comics but made the character look like Little Black Sambo. Protestors in St. Louis threw rocks and bottles through the windows of the Post-Dispatch.
Charity Grace (1884-1965)
b. St. Louis
Actress
Chippy Robinson
One of Egan's Rats
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_...py%22_Robinson
House owned by Mark Twain's relative
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news...th-of-downtownPosted 03-31-2021 at 09:15 AM by aliasfinn
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1877 Southern Hotel fire
https://www.distilledhistory.com/phelimotoole/
Pontiac was an Ottawa Indian chief who fought the British in the Great Lakes area. He was killed by a Peoria Indian three years later in 1769.
His body was taken across the river to a spot around St. Louis. It's now near the intersection of Broadway and Walnut street.
In 1901 the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a plaque dedicated to Pontiac in a hallway of the Southern Hotel at Broadway and Walnut. The Stadium East parking garage now stands in the spot, and a newer plaque on the corner of the garage honors the warrior chief.
Linden Chiles (1933-2013)
Actor
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0157607/
Frank Converse (1938)
Actor
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176586/
Mickey Rooney visited the Shriners Hospital for Children in St. Louis in 1947.Posted 04-01-2021 at 03:13 AM by aliasfinn
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The first passenger train west of the Mississippi River began at 1 pm on December 9, 1852, from a station near 14th street and Chouteau Avenue.
In 1905 Henry Ford opened a branch sales and service stock department at 3667 Olive Street in St. Louis.
The Humane Society of Missouri was founded in 1870 in downtown St. Louis, and the first veterinary clinic opened in 1923.
Jan Duggan (1881-1977)
b. St. Louis
Actress
https://travsd.wordpress.com/2016/11...ar-excellence/
Walker Edmiston (1926-2007)
b. St. Louis
Actor, did a lot of voices for movies and TV shows.Posted 04-01-2021 at 09:21 AM by aliasfinn
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The only murder in Busch Stadium happened on opening night of 1970 when Rufus Mack was shot and killed in a restroom by U.D. Earvin.
On November 3, 1999, Charlton Heston came to St. Louis University to speak to the students.
In 1967, 77-year-old Dwight D Eisenhower ascended to the top of the St. Louis Arch.
Granny (Irene Ryan) and Jed Clampett (Buddy Ebsen) were in a parade for the St. Louis Fall Festival on September 27, 1970.
Buddy Ebsen, " I remember Irene had to go to the bathroom so bad during this long parade through downtown St. Louis. Finally, she made the parade stop while she ran into a Famous Barr department store and headed for the bathroom and then ran back."
America's oldest church bell company is McShane Bell Company in St. Louis. It started in 1856 and has produced over 300,000 bells.Posted 04-01-2021 at 09:18 PM by aliasfinn
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ST. LOUIS TV HORROR HOSTS
Baron Von Crypt Ch 30
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/arts...aron-von-crypt
Moona's Midnight Madness Ch 4
Moona Lisa
Spooktacular Ch 2 (type in St. Louis in search this blog)
http://spooktacularhistoryofhorrorho...ror-shows.htmlPosted 04-02-2021 at 04:53 AM by aliasfinn
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Johnny Carson & the Rat Pack in St. Louis June 20, 1965
https://theratpack.wordpress.com/201...k-in-st-Louis/
David Letterman did a show with an all-St. Louis audience on May 2, 1997.
Johnny Haymer (1920-1989)
b. St. Louis
Actor, played Sgt. Zelmo Zale on M*A*S*H
The first cell phone rang in St. Louis on July 16, 1984, when the power was turned on in the first St. Louis tower.
Constance Purdy (1884-1960)
b. St. Louis
ActressPosted 04-02-2021 at 09:10 AM by aliasfinn
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Deaths at Six Flags 1978
Eureka, MO Amusement Park Accident, July 1978 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods
Steve McQueen was in St. Louis in 1959 where his movie The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery was being filmed.
Paul Newman racing in St. Louis 1982
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1012...post-dispatch/
Rowan and Martin performed at the Muny in Babes in Toyland August 17-23, 1959.
George Guhl (1875-1943)
b. St. Louis
ActorPosted 04-02-2021 at 03:33 PM by aliasfinn
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The world's first floating McDonalds opened on March 11, 1980, on the St. Louis riverfront.
Carol Burnett and Rock Hudson performed at the Muny July 15-21, 1974.
The Bayou Belle
Lost Tables: Bayou Belle
Lomax Study (1914-2006)
b. St. Louis
Actor
Bigfoot Monster Truck
https://monstertruck.fandom.com/wiki/BigfootPosted 04-02-2021 at 09:55 PM by aliasfinn
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The Bottoms Gang
https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottoms_Gang
James Kirker (1793-1852)
Scalp hunter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kirker
Barbara Eden performed at the Muny in the Unsinkable Molly Brown on August 9-15, 1971.
Lou Marcelle (1909-1994)
b. St. Louis
Actor
Jon Kowal (1927-2003)
b. St. Louis
ActorPosted 04-03-2021 at 04:59 AM by aliasfinn
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1948 Giant Bird Mystery
https://un-xnews.blogspot.com/2020/1...-st-louis.html
Romper Room
https://www.randolphcountyheraldtribune.com/x799505537
Lorraine Krueger (1918-2003)
b. St. Louis
Actress
P.T. Barnum first came to St. Louis August 5-10, 1872
Jane Novak (1896-1990)
b. St. Louis
ActressPosted 04-03-2021 at 12:18 PM by aliasfinn
