A Wayward Lad
Location: 4th and Olive Date: April 6, 1898When the first reports came in about the 14-year-old boy lying drunk and insensible on the streets of Bunker Hill, he was over on Clay Street. But by the time...
View ArticleWhere's the Munny?
May 23, 1905Walter Jackson gave A. J. Munn due pause, back in mid-aught four, when he approached Munn seeking a position at Munn’s hotel. (You can’t be too careful when hiring for an establishment that...
View ArticleThe Fremont Hotel (Part 1) - 401 South Olive Street
The Fremont Hotel that stood on the corner of 4th Street and Olive for five decades had 100 rooms. As previous posts on this site have shown us, no place on Bunker Hill with a lot of rooms and a long...
View ArticleFremont Hotel (Part 2) - 401 South Olive Street
When we last discussed the Fremont Hotel, we took a look at the antics of some of the hotel's residents over it's five decade existence. This time around, the Fremont employees get to bask in the...
View ArticleHotel Trenton, 427 South Olive Street
The Hotel Trenton, seven stories of sober brick laced with fire escapes, its yawning central maw somewhere between a gate of hell and a jaunty fireman's doorway, lurked low on Bunker Hill for many...
View ArticleThe Auditorium/San Carlos Hotel — NW Corner of Fifth and Olive
Wyatt Earp. One of the most evocative names in American History. Dodge City. Tombstone. The OK Corral. He’s also to be remembered as a guy who ran a piece of two-bit flimflam on Bunco Hill. And got...
View ArticleTruck Amok
When it rains, it pours. Which is probably a good thing, since rain will put out all that pesky fire.Corner of Fourth and Olive, August 29, 1962.Van R. Alexanian, 23, was loading a barrel of rubbish...
View ArticleIcarus and the Auto
People land on cars. They just do. It’s how Daredevil and Crank end; it’s how Lethal Weapon begins. Pauly lands on a car in Darkman; Conan O’Brien lands on a car in South Park: Bigger, Longer and...
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