Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Pub is in the old Land Bank building, and sits squarely on what was the route of the Natchez Trace, and the El Camino Real, so probably Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie passed this way on the way to the Alamo. Natchitoches is a French Colonial settlement, but it was also the Wild West at one time, sitting just 14 miles from the Spanish capital of Texas (in Louisiana). My guess? He can rightly use "Pioneer", probably more correctly than do-gooders in Ireland can! On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 6:44 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > As you probably know from your visits here to Ireland, Sonny, the title > "Pioneer Pub" would be a total oxymoron over here, as the Pioneer Total > Abstinence Association foreswears the demon drink, and would possibly like > to see all pubs shut, and shuttered, with their landlords swinging gently > in the breeze from a lanyard. I may be exaggerating a small bit here... > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 2:29 PM > Subject: [Leica] Natchitoches Night Life > > > >> Pioneer Pub >> >> >> http://sonc.com/look/?p=5188 >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> 1714 >> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA