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re: Tell me something I don't know about St Tammany Parish?
Posted on 3/30/17 at 5:40 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Posted on 3/30/17 at 5:40 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Jayne died in Slidell according to this:
Incorrect.
The car she was a passenger in, as well as her three children (Mariska Hargitay and her 2 younger brothers), ran into a broken down truck that was half on, half off the road in the long, sweeping left curve on westbound Hwy 90 just after you cross over the Rigolets Bridge and pass Fort Pike and the marina.
Side note: that reinforced bar hanging down on the back end of all diesel rig trailers and utility trucks with high, flat beds is called a Mansfield Bar because of this accident. Mansfield's car went under the back of the flat bed. Many reports of the accident say she and her boyfriend who was driving were decapitated and the reason the kids lived was because they were asleep and laying down on the back seat.
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Posted on 3/30/17 at 5:55 pm to cdaniel76
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People don't know how to drive over a fricking river overpass on I12
Or the jackasses coming onto 12 East from 21 who try to merge at 35 mph instead of using the mf'ing exceleration lane.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 5:56 pm to Mrs. Amaro
The man who owned the Star Theatre was Mr. Willy and his daughter was known as Smelly Shelly, although she was a good person by all accounts.
The Holden brothers each owned a gas station between the old bridge and Claiborne Hill. One was a Texaco and the other was a Shell station. In the old tv series In Search Of, a guy stood on the bridge and described how he saw the Honey Island Swamp Monster cross the river there. I suspect it might have been Smelly Shelly, not a monster.
An elderly black man used to walk around downtown Covington. He had a pronounced limp and always carried a large bag over his shoulder. The bag was full of peanuts and he had the name the Peanut Man.
The guy at Foxhole Army Surplus knew a ton about Civil War history in the area but he didn't like to talk about it too much because he metal detected and thought that you'd go raid his spots. I would have. He got pissed when the landlord raised his rent in the early 1990's as Covington started transforming into a more new money kind of town so he shut down the business and moved with his wife to the Phillippines.
The Holden brothers each owned a gas station between the old bridge and Claiborne Hill. One was a Texaco and the other was a Shell station. In the old tv series In Search Of, a guy stood on the bridge and described how he saw the Honey Island Swamp Monster cross the river there. I suspect it might have been Smelly Shelly, not a monster.
An elderly black man used to walk around downtown Covington. He had a pronounced limp and always carried a large bag over his shoulder. The bag was full of peanuts and he had the name the Peanut Man.
The guy at Foxhole Army Surplus knew a ton about Civil War history in the area but he didn't like to talk about it too much because he metal detected and thought that you'd go raid his spots. I would have. He got pissed when the landlord raised his rent in the early 1990's as Covington started transforming into a more new money kind of town so he shut down the business and moved with his wife to the Phillippines.
This post was edited on 3/30/17 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 3/30/17 at 6:00 pm to BobABooey
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Foxhole Army Surplus
Where was that located? I vaguely remember it.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 6:02 pm to Mrs. Amaro
The St Tammany library website has oral history recordings titled "Memories of St Tammany" on their homepage.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 6:09 pm to Havoc
Foxhole was by Maison Nez Liquor store and Roy's Gun shop. Maybe Columbia St?
Posted on 3/30/17 at 7:00 pm to BobABooey
Pretty sure it was on Columbia right past the Tavern going towards Boston Street.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 7:06 pm to Mrs. Amaro
Both sides of my family lived in Mandeville for many generations. My great grandfather raised cattle on land in Golden Shore/ Lewisburg.
My ancestors donated the land for the Mandeville Cemetery and my family is still involved in the ongoing maintenance and mapping of the graves there.
There are civil war soldiers buried there a few feet from my family graves. Both sides of my family are all buried there. I loved playing in the cemetery as a child. Here is a pic of my favorite grave there.
My ancestors donated the land for the Mandeville Cemetery and my family is still involved in the ongoing maintenance and mapping of the graves there.
There are civil war soldiers buried there a few feet from my family graves. Both sides of my family are all buried there. I loved playing in the cemetery as a child. Here is a pic of my favorite grave there.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 7:24 pm to TheFonz
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STP also boasts the world's second largest population of direct Nazi descendants outside of Germany
Strange, my ex GFS grandparents live there. They are German, but from Venezuela. He was some type of engineer. I always thought the guy must have fled because he was a Nazi.
This post was edited on 3/30/17 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 3/30/17 at 7:39 pm to gingerkittie
Are you a descendent of the Sharps? I recently read a book titled "History of Mandeville, co-written by Joseph Sharp, and they made a point of mentioning that a couple of acres of land had been willed for a family cemetery. Tom somebody... Sharp, I think.
Sharp or not, I'm sure you'll find it interesting if your family in the area goes way back to the Spanish and British land grant days. As an outsider, the book wasn't exactly what I was looking for. I was more interested in Bernard Marigny, his plantation and the founding of Mandeville. This book did cover that to an extent, but it was primarily a genealogy background survey and the re-hashing of some 200 year old property disputes.
Sharp or not, I'm sure you'll find it interesting if your family in the area goes way back to the Spanish and British land grant days. As an outsider, the book wasn't exactly what I was looking for. I was more interested in Bernard Marigny, his plantation and the founding of Mandeville. This book did cover that to an extent, but it was primarily a genealogy background survey and the re-hashing of some 200 year old property disputes.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 7:45 pm to BobABooey
quote:That guy was perpetually angry
Foxhole Army Surplus
Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:11 pm to 4LSU2
[quote]St Tammany Parish is home to some idiots that disburse orange and yellow foam on the interstate.
What the hell is this about? See it off of 1077 too.
What the hell is this about? See it off of 1077 too.
This post was edited on 3/30/17 at 8:12 pm
Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:27 pm to TIGER2
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What the hell is this about? See it off of 1077 too.
No idea, if I see them im following them and shoving that shite down theor throat.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:27 pm to dgnx6
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Strange, my ex GFS grandparents live there. They are German, but from Venezuela. He was some type of engineer. I always thought the guy must have fled because he was a Nazi.
One side of my family came from Germany as well. Luckily they came here well before the Nazi stuff started ( but after the civil war so my family never owned slaves).
I remember several springs where we got fresh cold water from and went swimming in a creek that we called "cold creek" because it came from one of those springs and the water was always cold.
The reason picnicking is not allowed at the lake front was because once up a time all the New Orleanians would invade the lake front on the weekends, camp there, crowd it all up and leave trash behind.
So Mandeville passed a law that prohibited picnicking and food and drinks on the lakefront. That solved that problem and the lakefront became a peaceful lovely place again.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:31 pm to Rossberg02
You must be the apple that didn't fall far from the tree.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:31 pm to BobABooey
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The Holden brothers each owned a gas station between the old bridge and Claiborne Hill. One was a Texaco and the other was a Shell station.
I could have sworn one was a Gulf station. Their ambulance service brought me to New Orleans as a small child as a result of an injury I got at Hubie Gallagher Park. Ironically, I live about 500 yards from where I almost died.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:34 pm to GREENHEAD22
quote:BR also says hi
ome here yats and is a shell of its former self. The decline started after Katrina
Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:34 pm to Mrs. Amaro
A large portion of Madisonville's old homes used to be slave quarters. About half of the old families in Madisonville are half breeds.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:35 pm to jimmy the leg
A now deceased relative told me that after they clear cut the Pine trees that you could see the Lake from Red Bluff. It's possible distance wise but I don't know how much higher in elevation the bluff is above sea level. It seems like it would have to be pretty tall for the area. The area between there and the lake is as flat as a pancake though. You could watch your dog run away for a week.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:35 pm to TIGER2
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What the hell is this about? See it off of 1077 too.
I can't figure it out for shite. Every day there is a new one somewhere on my commute from 1085/1077 to Hwy 59. I'm on a mission to find these frickers.
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