Excerpt from Southwest Louisiana, Biographical and Historical Chapter x.-parish Of Vermilion - Topography and Description - Soils and Crops - Agricul tural Statistics - Fruit Culture - Pecan Island - Shadowy Traditions Concerning It - Ghosts of Dead Men - Opinion of an ex-governor - Settlement of the Parish - Act Organizing It - Town of abbeville-change of the Parish Seat - The Catholic Church - Seat of justice Finally Located - Abbeville Incorporated - Business Men's Directory - Perry's Bridge - i\iilitary History - The War of ism - Soldiers in the Late \var - Schools - The Bench and Bar - Benevolent Associations, etc.. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.