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OREGON - CREOLE - CALIFORNIA - FLORIDA
1850s
Recalling the Jteamboats from 1849 through the 1850s, blind Confederate Veteran James A. Cuevas (grandson of Jean Cuevas of cat Island) sitting on the poroh at "Beauvoir" in 1922 reminisced of his pre-war days with zoe Posey.
There were fine steamboats in that day.
The Creole ran from New Orleans to ocean Springs, making daily trips, she reached the Bay (St. Louis) about half past seven every morning and on its return trip arriving in the city about 11 o’olock. It was called a local boat.
The Oregon ran from New Orleans to Mobile, only stopping at the Bay (St. Louis)' in the summer months.
Later on there was the California and Florida.
I remember a lot of us boys used to swim out to the creole and hang on to the rudder as she came in, and thought it great fun,' but when Captain 1 Tart in found it out he reported it to our parents and—w we never did it again. Of oourse it was very dangerous, and we could really have been sucked under, and it is a miraole that we were not.
douroe; ’’The Times-Pioayune" (N.O.) May 7, 1922, Mag. See. ?g. 4