This text was obtained via automated optical character recognition.
It has not been edited and may therefore contain several errors.

---

SHIELDSBOROUGH ** '.VAVELAND or
"GRAND BEND"
SEA ISLAND COTTON ? CLAIBORNE NIXON HOTEL ? CARR?s HOTEL 1850a
James A. Cuevas, grandson of jean-Cuevasof Cat Island, sat on the poroh at "Beauvoir" in 1922, a blind Confederate Veteran, and reminisoed with zoe Posey about living in Bay St. Louis.
?My father-(Raymond Cuevas) moved to Shieldsborough (now Bay St.
Louis) in 1849, and I oan remember every house there at that time. Yes,
I	oan see them now.
There was first, beginning at the ?.vest End?the jaokson house, Maximillian and Bernard Bourgeois and Victor Ladner?s old plaoe.
What is now called waveland was then known as Grand Bead., and there were the homes of Captain Woods, John Merohant and Colonel J.F.T.
Claiborne. The latter raised sea^island ootton and his plantation was called "sea Glen." He had another plantation farther down the coast too what is new,' Baldwin?s Lodge on thes?Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
The Jaokson place also was a o otto n~.pl ant at ion. Each place had its own,gin. The ootton was shipped to New Orleans. It was a fine grade and brought a good prioe.
The next house was Mr^-.Peters*? he was Collector of customs in
New Orleans and Lighthouse Inspector, and this was his summer home.
Next came Pollook, the~ former?s son-in-law, then the Lockett place,
Emile 0?Brien--Fink, he was a bank oashier in New Orleans?parsley
and the Nixon Hotel. This was a nice plaoe and always full in the
summer.	?	i /?	^	K	ie<
fiz-tov \ Cv ?.?-?'	^	|5
r	-	1 *?-
Then_oame. the homes of Carson, Napoleon jayard, Eugene Ladner,	Ie~
Carver, ^poto?no, Arnold, Luke'Mitchell, Lafitte, Auguste?late?-known as the? Stockton*House--the homes of Nioai^e, judge [John Graves-^who "wa^j3hei*iff "of Hancook County?later this was bought by Ramogasar^ then by D^r^Hale)and later by Julian gwoop of New Orleans, whose heirs now own it, I believe.	toftrrd
Our place was next?the Raymond Cuevas place?then came Bookter, Clennan, Henry Sauoier, Casanova and the Catholic church, Edouard Saucier, '.'anuel, who kept a store; Tom Murphy, clerk of court;
Edgar Combel, who made cigars and kept a store; walker, Mendes Toulme.
Peaohing Main street we find the store of Toulme and Carver; another house of Toulme; George Weinberg, who kept a shoe store; Lassabe, a druggist, whose home and store were together, and it was the only drug store there; Gi-llum and Belloir. The latter was the name of a very well-to-do oolored woman who made and sold "sarsaparilla," a tonio, for whioh she found a reedy sale at a dollar a gallon. I remember my father bought five gallons for me at one time.
00350