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Loeber, Miss Edith returned to the Bay this week after a pleasant visit to the Chicago Fair. (SCE 09/23/1893)
Loeber, Dr. F. and family have returned to New Orleans for the winter. (SCE 10/14/1893)
Loeber, Mr. Fred of New Orleans was in the Bay on Sunday. (SEC 9/24/1892)
Mr. Fred Loeber has returned from a pleasant visit to Mobile (SCE - 10/1/1892) .
On Thursday Misses Corine, Maud, Lillian and Florence Loeber with Messers. Fred and Herman Loeber left for New Orleans. (SCE - 10/1/1892)
Loeber, Mr. Fred, of New Orleans, was in the Bay on Sunday. (SCE 11/12/1892)
Messrs. Fred Loeber and Fred Berges are here on a hunting trip. (SCE 11/26/1892)
Loeber, Mr. Fred, was over from New Orleans one day this week. (SCE 11-4-1893)
Loeber, Mrs. F., was over from the Crescent City this week, visiting her elegant summer home. (SCE, 2/17/1894)
Loeber, Herman and the young Misses Loebers spent from Saturday till Monday at their cheerful Bay home with their parents. (SCE/10/22/1892)
Loeber, Mr. Herman, spent Sunday at his father's pretty summer home. (SCE 11-11-1893)
Loeliger, Edmond 962 S. Beach (Ph 55, 1968)
Loeliger, Edmond, 87, Metairie Cemetery 11 Apr 1969 (CEC)
Logan, Mrs. G. W., 214 Waveland Beach, Waveland (Ph 48 thru 50)
Logan, Dr. L. (Waveland), has rented his place for the winter to a Northern family. (SCE 8/27/1892)
Dr. L. Logan and family have returned to New Orleans. (SCE/10/08/1892)
Logan, Dr. and family, are over from New Orleans to spend the holidays, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tidwell. (SCE, 12-31-1892)
Logan, Dr. Samuel (Waveland), after spending a couple of days with his family, has returned to New Orleans. (SCE 8/20/1892)
Dr. Samuel Logan has given the contract for a new break water and fence around his place to Mr. Chas. Sanger. (SCE 9/10/1892)
Logan, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel, summer residents and who own a magnificent summer home here, died in New Orleans this week. (SCE 01/14/1893)
Logan, Sara & Belle - The following named young folks composed a crab party last night: Misses Julia Moore, Sara and Belle Logan, Sadie Richardson, Anna O'Brien, L. Aldege, H. and L. Vienne, Misses Wogan, Duggan, Hamel, Fouenter, Messrs. Cook, T. McCaleb, L. and T. Lanaux and others. (SCE 8/6/1892)
LOGTOWN
Logtown-A post-village in the southwestern part of Hancock county, situated near the east bank of the Pearl river, 3 miles north of Pearlington, the nearest banking town, and 18 miles east of Bay St. Louis, the county seat. It has a money order postoffice, an express office, lumber mills, two churches and two stores. Population in 1900,220; in 1906 the population was estimated at 500. [Encyclopedia of Mississippi History Vol.2,1907,page 113, by Dunbar, Rowland]
FEDERAL GUNBOAT SUNK AT LOGTOWN, by Grady Thigpen, County Historian.
Ullman Koch, born and reared at Logtown, at 84 years old had a great store of memories of Logtown and surrounding area running back to the 1880's. He remembered well the Logtown of the old days and he recalled with vivid recollection the old stories he heard his parents and grandparents tell. This is one:
"Grandpa Summers was a river pilot on the Pearl River. After the Civil War had run on for a time Grandpa was the only competent pilot left along the Pearl River. Bad business had caused all the mills along the river to shut down and all other business was at a standstill as Federal gunboats patrolled the Gulf of Mexico and confiscated all shipping belonging to the Confederacy and to Southerners. Most of the pilots had gone elsewhere to hunt work or had joined the army.
When Federal troops took over at Pearlington and Gainesville they wanted to move supplies, equipment and soldiers the easiest way - by boat. They were told that Grandpa Summers was the only pilot left in the area. A squadron of soldiers went in search of Grandpa. They met him on the road near his home in the vicinity of Logtown. The officer in charge asked Grandpa "Can you tell us where Captain Summers lives?" "Yes" said Grandpa. "He lives on down this road right there where you see the house under the big oaks."
As the soldiers rode away in the direction of his house Grandpa made for the swamp. The family explained to the soldiers that they did not know where Grandpa was or when he would return, as he sometimes stayed away for days at a time hunting and fishing.
Grandpa stayed hidden in the swamps for weeks and weeks. His family slipped food to him when the soldiers were not nearby. Finally the soldiers gave up on finding him and decided to send a gun boat with supplies on up to Gainesville with an inexperienced pilot.
Pearl River was a treacherous stream with many dangers for a pilot who did not know his business. The gunboat "WABASH" passed on by Logtown with its cargo and on up the river, piloted by the inexperienced pilot. At a short distance above Logtown where Wabash Bayou flows into Pearl River, the gunboat struck an obstruction in the river and sank. Since that time this Bayou has been known as Wabash Bayou.
The old gunboat was still there in the river when I was a young man. I used to see it in passing up the river. So far as I know it is still there. It is to one side and when the water was low and clear it could easily be seen.
As the gunboat went up the river Grandpa Summers was in a tall tree with heavy foliage watching it go by. During his sojourn in the swamp he often climbed tall trees and watched traffic on the river.
As a result of the sinking of the gunboat and not being able to find a competent pilot the troops hauled their supplies from Pearlington to Gainesville with ox wagons. Grandpa served his country well by hiding out in the swamps.
Mr. Koch was himself involved in a shooting incident while captain of the Weston tug boat. Here's how he told about it: We left Logtown towing a barge load of lumber headed for Gulfport. As we went through Pass Marianne we saw a U.S. Revenue Cutter coming at high speed in our direction. The cutter signaled us to stop. We were told that Gulfport was quarantined against Logtown and Pearlington because of the outbreak of yellow fever. This was all news to us as we had heard nothing of yellow fever when we left.
"We were told that we could not enter Gulfport or any other coast port. We anchored the barge where we were. In the meantime the cutter had moved off a short distance and stood watching us. We started the tug around the barge for better anchorage of it. About the time we got well started, shots were fired across our bow, which meant stop and stop quick! The Captain of the cutter came up and balled me out for trying to run away. I explained to him that we were maneuvering to take advantage of the better anchorage on the other side of the barge. We waited around for sometime before they would let us leave. We finally towed the barge on back to Logtown."
Yellow fever scares were common along the gulf coast in the old days. When yellow fever broke out it was the usual thing to initiate a strict quarantine at once. Mr. Koch told of a Logtown man who had gone to New Orleans. He was not allowed to come home the usual way up the river. The roads were guarded. He went back to New Orleans, caught a train to Nicholson, hired a buggy to carry him towards home. He got to Gainesville but could not get home for several weeks.
Only once within the memory of Mr. Koch did water cover all of Logtown. In 1900 water was four to five feet deep in houses in Logtown in the lower spots. Even in the higher spots it got up 12 to 18 inches deep or well up on the second step of the houses on the highest points.