1 “The Algerine” The Newsletter of the Algiers Historical Society Table of Contents for Issues #1-66 (2000-2017) ISSUE No. 66, June 2017 • Message From The President • Useful Websites • Fr John ARNONE • Spotlight on Library Resources • Algiers Courthouse Renovation • A History of the Algiers and NO East Bank Mississippi River Crossings (Part 2) • Jose “Pepe” LLULLA • Memory of 534 Elmira Street • New Orleans French Opera House • Grand Isle Postcards • John McDONOGH Day • Dem BROWNLEES! ISSUE No. 65, March 2017 • Message From The President • Useful Websites & Spotlight on Library Resources • Library Database Information • AHS Meeting Attendance Record Broken • Algiers Urban Mystery (Almost) Solved • A History of the Algiers and NO East Bank Mississippi River Crossings (Part 1) • Proposed New East Bank Canal St. Ferry Terminal: RTA, Transdev, their designers & engineers square off with Algerines on their home turf for round #2 • My Family History ISSUE No. 64, December 2016 • Message From The President • Letters • Useful Websites & Spotlight on Library Resources • Camp Algiers • Battle of New Orleans Plaque • The Cemetery Under The French Quarter • The Journey of the University of Holy Cross • Where the Mississippi River Flows Northward ISSUE No. 63, September 2016 • Letters • Useful Websites • Spotlight on Library Resources • Camp Algiers • Louisiana Cemetery Preservation • Flood Protection On The West Bank Is Now A Reality • Continuation of “I REMEMBER – AN ALGIERS MEMOIR” 6/4/17 2 ISSUE No. 62, June 2016 • Letters • New Member Listing / Useful Websites • Algiers Naval Station Historic District / Camp Algiers • Spotlight on Library Resources • The John REANEY Story, Part II • DUVERJE Chapel and Cemetery ISSUE No. 61, March 2016 • Letters • Business Member Listing • Useful Websites • Spotlight on Library Resources • The John REANEY Story • Article from 1940 about BEHRMAN School • “I Remember” - An Algiers Memoir ISSUE No. 60, December 2015 • Letters • Business Member Listing • Useful Websites • Spotlight on Library Resources • Dark Bayou: Infamous Louisiana Homicides • Federal City • “I Remember” - An Algiers Memoir (Part 2) ISSUE No. 59 September 2015 • Letters • Business Membership Listing • Good Reads (New Orleans Public Library) • HNM St. Julian EYMARD Property Sold • McDonoghville Bicentennial • I Remember: An Algiers Memoir (Part 1) ISSUE No. 58 June 2015 • Letters from Members • Business Member Listing • Useful Websites • Using Sanborn Fire Maps ISSUE No. 57 December 2014 • Letters • The Acadian Odyssey to Algiers Point • Story of the George THORNING Family (Concluded) • Martin BEHRMAN Memorial ISSUE No. 56 September 2014 • Letters 6/4/17 3 • Story of the George THORNING Family (Cont’d.) ISSUE No. 55 June 2014 • Letters • Story of the George THORNING Family (Cont’d.) ISSUE No. 54 March 2014 • Algiers Newspapers • Story of the George THORNING Family ISSUE No. 53 December 2013 • Letters • Algiers Historical Plaques • 1869 – Tax Assessor’s Records • The New Orleans Quarantine Station, Lower Coast, Algiers • Algiers Newspapers ISSUE No. 52 September 2013 • Letters • Whitney Bank • Graduation Time • BARRETT House • The Civil War Tax in Louisiana: 1865 • Behrman “Bee Hives” ISSUE No. 51 June 2013 • Albatross and the Power of Patina • Bobby MITCHELL • "Dis 'n' Dat" ISSUE No. 50 March 2013 • History of the Parish of the Holy Name of Mary • 1867 Algiers & McDonoghville City Directory • "Dis 'n' Dat" ISSUE No. 49 December 2012 • UMBACH Family History • 1867 Algiers & McDonoghville City Directory • "Dis 'n' Dat" ISSUE No. 48 September 2012 • The History of 319 Olivier Street • 1867 Algiers & McDonoghville City Directory ISSUE No. 47 June 2012 • COSTELLO Family Tree • Belleville Assisted Living Center • 1867 Algiers & McDonoghville City Directory 6/4/17 4 ISSUE No. 46 March 2012 • Gretna Directory, 1867-68 • The "BROWNLEE Emails" • Dis 'N' Dat ISSUE No. 45 December 2011 • Street Railways of Louisiana • Maiden Lane, Algiers • Behrman High School Reunion, Class of 1947 • “DIS ‘N’ DAT” ISSUE No. 44 September 2011 • John FINLEY; Washing Away Your Blues. The Part Laundries Played in the Birth of Jazz; The Crown & Anchor English Pub • Viking Ship Update ISSUE No.43 June 2011 • 1858 Algiers Business Directory • Storyville and Martin BEHRMAN • The Milton MARTIN Interview • Algiers Toll Bridge • Southern Pacific Strike, 1922 • African American Confederate Soldiers • "Love Bandits vs. Wife Beaters" ISSUE No.42 March 2011 • T'was in the Cricket • Privy Digging in Algiers • Saux Lane - Its Early History • Shall Algiers Be A City • Joseph "Kid Twat" BUTLER Interviews • Drug Stores of Old Algiers ISSUE No. 41 December (2010) • Sinking of the Luckenbach • Naval Slang • Leonard BOCAGE Interview • Beka Plantation • “Bricktop” JACKSON & John MILLER • Nighthawks ISSUE No. 40 September (2010) • BROWNLEE “Lagniappe” • Algiers Morality League • 1856 KERR’s General Advertiser and City Directory • Guide To New Orleans • “Dis ‘N’ Dat” ISSUE No. 39 (June 2010) 6/4/17 5 • French, Swedish,& NativeAmerican Anecestry • Dr. William Hamilton RILEY • RILEY-NOLAN House and its Family History • Norman BROWNLEE’s Jazz Band • BROWNLEE “Lagniappe” ISSUE No. 38 (March 2010) • COHEN’S 1851 Directory • Wearin’ Of The Green • The Busy Town Across The River • Heny “Red” ALLEN Interview • “Dis ‘N’ Dat” ISSUE No. 37 (December 2009) • Crevasses In Algiers • Gretna Submerged • Louis ARMSTRONG On The West Bank • Murray HENDERSON • Mass Meeting at Algiers • “Dis ‘N’ Dat” ISSUE No. 36 (September 2009) • Emmett HARDY • Algiers Fire Department • Peter LAWTON • A Time of Crisis - The War Between the States • “Dis ‘N’ Dat” ISSUE: No. 35 (June 2009) • Jackson MOLAISON • R. Emmet Kennedy, Negro Dialectition • Algiers Tour - 1930s • “Hannah Algiers” • The SUTHERLAND Mausoleum • John FOLLETT’s Letters • “Dis ‘N’ Dat” ISSUE: No. 34 (March 2009) • Algiers Boys Who Go • Earl SCHMITT, Sr. • Magical Mystery Tour • Algiers Music Talk, Part 2 • African Link to Colonial Louisiana • Infant Jesus College, Gretna • “Dis ‘N’ Dat” ISSUE: No. 33 (December 08) • K.K.K. in Algiers 6/4/17 6 • The Black & White Of My Life • Ursula MANETTA LEWIS interview • 1867/68 coffee houses • Colored Red Cross ISSUE: No. 32 (September 08) • Algiers Boys Who Go • 1849 Residents (contd.) • 2nd Nazarine Church of Algiers ISSUE: No. 31 (June 2008) • Mount Olivet Church Parishioners (1903) • Algiers Music Talk (part 1) • La. State Museum Publications • 1849 - Algiers, McDonoghville & Gretna Residents ISSUE: No. 30 (March 2008) • The Music Venues of 19th Century Algiers, McDonoghville & Gretna • Notable Algerines • Fifth Fire District Companies • “Dis ‘n’ Dat” ISSUE: No. 29 (December 2007) • James JARVIS • Fire in Algiers • Towns Over the River Share in Prosperity • Ferry Specifications, 1866 • “French” BROWNLEE • Life on the Sugar Cane Plantations ISSUE: No. 28 (September 2007) • Chinese Community (contd.) • Firemen’s Parade of 1891 • Algiers Fire Companies • “Real Algerine” ISSUE: No. 27 (June 2007) • 1850 Freetown Census • The Chinese Community of Algiers & New Orleans Area ISSUE: No. 26 (March 2007) • The Pendulum Swings • Antebellum Algiers' Railroad Workers • All American Carnival Club of Algiers • The Steamer ‘Ceres’ • Freetown ISSUE: No. 25 (December 2006) • Gretna (a short history and dedication) 6/4/17 7 • Street Railways of Old Algiers • “Over Da River” • “Dis ‘n’ Dat.” ISSUE: No. 24 (September 2006) • Melvin BUSH; • the Algiers Ferry Boats of 1925 • the Pelican Dry Dock • the MORGAN Line • Addendum to Algiers’ SUTHERLANDS; • Lee Harvey OSWALD • the Saloons of 1915. ISSUE: No. 23 (June 2006) • The Algiers' SUTHERLANDS (contd.) • The Attack on Algiers, 1815 ISSUE: No. 22 (March 2006) • The Algiers Railroad • “Over Da River” • The 18th Vermont Infantry Regiment in Algiers ISSUE: No. 21, (December 2005) • "Dis 'n' Dat" • City Over The River That Is The Brooklyn Of New Orleans • Norman Edward BROWNLEE • Marcus GARVEY • Algiers' SUTHERLANDs ISSUE: No. 20, (September 2005) • "Dis 'n' Dat" • Adolph RINCK, Portrait Painter "Brilliant;" • Algiers Railroad Era • Pelican Gulf Station • Jazz Photograph Inventory ISSUE: No. 19 (June 2005) • “Dis ‘n’ Dat” • 1930 Algiers’ Musicians • The DUVERJE De MARIE Family • The Saint Domingue Refugees • Tom ALBERT Interview ISSUE: No. 18 (March 2005) • “Dis ‘n’ Dat” • Algiers: The Chicago Link • 1846: City Directory for Algiers & McDonoghville • A Brief Ethnic History of New Orleans 6/4/17 8 • “The Story of Algiers” Index • Milton MARTIN Interview • Capt. Levi Perry BACK • Algiers Sidewalks ISSUE: No. 17 (December 2004) • The Algiers Brass Band • The City Over The River • 1842: Algiers City Directory ISSUE: No. 16 (September 2004) • John HUGHES: Algiers Ship Builder • Ronnie BARRON • “Kid” Thomas VALENTINE • John McDONOGH • Civil War Notes ISSUE: No. 15 (June 2004) • Bonnie & Clyde in Algiers • William S. BURROUGHS • A Walk With Judge FORTIER (1850 Census taker) ISSUE: No. 14 (March 2004) • Algiers During Prohibition • 1933 Saloon Ads` • c.1940 BEHRMAN School Band • “I’m My Own Grandpa” ISSUE: No. 13 (December 2003) • Algiers’ Italian Grocery Stores & Markets • Placide ADAMS • Urbin “Cricket” SCHERNBECK • Trinity Lutheran Church “Harvest Jubilee” ISSUE: No. 12 (September 2003) • Horse Racing, Bull & Bear Combats & Jazz • Boxing & Side Shows • The Ping Pong Club & Gussie NEAL ISSUE: No. 11 (June 2003) • Creoles Of Color • BEHRMAN High School Band • Bars, Saloons, Clubs & Taverns Of 1955 • Red Light Look At New Orleans • Gulf Refining Company ISSUE: No. 10 (March 2003) • DUVERJE Cemetery/DELCAZAL