Frenchtown Confidential

Tales from Los Angeles’ lost French quarter and Southern California’s forgotten French community.

Showing posts with label Remi Nadeau. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Remi Nadeau. Show all posts

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Cerro Gordo Needs Some Help

Regular readers will know a bit about Cerro Gordo from my entries on Victor Beaudry and Remi Nadeau . The silver lead bullion mined at Cerr...

Sunday, March 1, 2020

The Crazy Life of Rémi Nadeau

Born in Canada to French parents, Rémi Nadeau is the one forgotten Frenchman every Angeleno should know about. After all, he helped to put ...

Monday, February 24, 2020

Rémi and the Bandit

Rémi Nadeau - freighter, hotelier, entrepreneur - is the one dead Frenchman every Angeleno should know about. In the next entry, I'll ...

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

S'il Vous Plaît: Need Your Help, Readers!

Dear Readers: I don't like to ask for help quite this often (in all fairness, the disappearance of Jeanne d'Arc DID make me panic)...

Thursday, January 12, 2017

The Forgotten Beaudry Brother

Victor Beaudry (date unknown) We know that the Beaudry family had five sons, who all made fortunes. Three remained in Canada (one of...

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

He Built This City: Mayor Prudent Beaudry

Possessing boundless energy, exceptional business sagacity and foresight, Prudent Beaudry amassed five fortunes and lost four in his vent...

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C.C. de Vere: I'm a native Angeleno and my primary ethnicity is French. Searching for my own roots led me to discover a long-ignored French community in my native Southern California. Now I'm telling its stories.

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