In November of 1912, a spectacular train wreck shattered the stillness of the night in the town of Montz. The headlines of the Times Picayune on Tuesday...
Category - 20th Century
1912 – Disaster Strikes Twice – Great 1912 ‘Crawfish’ Crevasse The yearly spring rise of the Mississippi brought fear of crevasses to those living...
Hymelia Crevasse
Montz Train Wreck
Dieler Reveals Our Past Reading J. Hanno Deiler at Hahnville High School, Nancy Tregre Wilson told her father, “We are German, not French.” “But how can that...
Past Sheriffs of St. Charles Parish Noel St. Martin 1854 – 1862 Louis Ranson 5/21/1866 – 6/7/1866 Victor Laurent 6/8/1866 – 7/13/1868 Morgan Morgans 7/14/1868...
Early in the century, a young man would emerge on the political scene as a member of the House of Representatives and then parish assessor. Finally in 1916, at...
How life in St. Charles Parish would change in the first half of the 2oth Century with the arrival of the automobile and the improvement and construction...
Wheels, Wheels, Wheels Early Sheriffs Vial Era Unlocking Our Heritage 1912 Disasters+ Hymelia Crevasse Montz Train Wreck Development Plans Abound+ Paradis...
The Breadbasket Continues… As the centuries changed, so did the landscape of St. Charles Parish. In colonial times, the German Coast was the breadbasket...
Plantations to Petroleum – East Bank West Bank Resources & Exports Cypress Lugger Tugboat Denver Cultural Changes+ Wheels, Wheels, Wheels Early...