Forwarded to the list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "SwampQueen CHAUVIN" <CAJUN-BAYOU@webtv.net> To: <FRNCH50@aol.com> Cc: <ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 7:52 AM Subject: Count Pontchartrain IS there someplace i can read about this guy?:) i know that cadillac was a mover & shaker of the times. he was featured in a skit at the Acadian muesem:) stll wondering wat his name means? is it a dit? thanks alice > Count Pontchartrain, the Minister of Marine in France at the time Detroit was founded. Cadillac, the founder of Detroit, was sent there by Count Pontchartrain. "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming WOW! What a Ride!! > MY RANDI' SITE: www.momsforlife.com/?rw59968 > Take time to laugh, for it is the music of the soul. DANSE ET VILLE PLATTE WALTZ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2073/vpwltz.mid > I not only Believe in Miracles~I Rely on Them:) http://www.tulsabutterfly.com/crystal.htm Question of the century: Why is it that our children can't read a Bible in school, but they can in prison?