The almanac
1 dated record on file
On September 29th
1915 to 1915 — what the record says happened on this date, in the order the years gave it to us.
- 1915eventFrenier Folklore Area
The 1915 New Orleans hurricane drove Lake Pontchartrain over the tiny railroad and fishing villages of Frenier and Ruddock on September 29, drowning scores of residents and erasing both communities in a single night. Locals later blamed the curse of Julia Brown, a voodoo priestess who had died days earlier after reportedly vowing to take the whole town with her — a legend that has outlived the van
Frenier, Louisiana