Paul: Do you know the date and the name of barrior island and popular resort hotel off the louisiana coast destroyed by a hurricvain
Last Island Aug 1856 also Isle Derniere Stanley's site ttp://www.thecajuns.com/lahurricanes.htm#August_10-12th,_1856 Several years ago we worked with Edmond Barreau on a New Orleans/Bayou Lafourche Berrot family that was lost. Does anyone still have the exchange? Below some online articles & a few books. Need more? Paul Le B l'Ascension Louisiane ============================== wikipedia entry - Buyer beware, Please remember anyone can add anything they want wikipedia articles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1856_Last_Island_hurricane Other online articles http://www.tutorgig.com/ed/1856_Last_Island_hurricane http://www.nola.com/hurricane/content.ssf?/washingaway/lastislandswaltz.html http://www3.gendisasters.com/louisiana/11337/last-island-la-hurricane-aug-1856 http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_story_of_last_island_louisiana Books by Lafcadio Hearn Chita: A Memory of Last Island (written in 1880s) http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-9781406817560-1 Dixon Bill Last Days of Last Island: The Hurricane of 1856, Louisiana's First Great Storm http://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Island-Hurricane-Louisianas/dp/1887366881?tag=dogpile-20 -----Original Message----- From: don2717@aol.com Paul: Do you know the date and the name of barrior island and popular resort hotel off the louisiana coast destroyed by a hurricvain