PILGRIMS TO NEW ORLEANS

+SAFARI TO THE BARATARIA+

>mary lynn hyde, tommy & chris macintosh<

>anne maurin, marianne & i shall saturday<

>cross the mississippi to the de gruy land<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+

+JEAN BAPTISTE de GRUY++

>at the mississippi river head of barataria<

>highway south to famed lafitte village<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+JEAN BAPTISTE de GRUY+

>the middle of the three sons of the original<

>de gruy french military officer who came<

+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>/ DOME SUGAR MILL+

>to new orleans in early spring of 1739<

>became famous as a jungle architect<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+PREFAB HOUSES & OX CARTS+

>were also a production of his vast energy<

>the houses for canary island immigrants<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>> / JEAN LAFITTE)+

>the ox carts for his friend jean lafitte the<

>privateer to smuggle his goods to nola<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >jean baptiste de gruy risking life & limb about<
>1795 cleared the banks of bayou barataria w/<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+ de GRUY PLANTATIONS)+
>its thick palmetto & reed jungle & thousands<
>of alligators, planting indigo & 1st sugar cane<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >the history of the de gruy(ere) reads lik fiction<
>/the most profound was their link w/ leonardo<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / KNIGHTS TEMPLAR)+
>and their link to st bernard knights templar w/<
>the shroud of turin in the orient forest primary<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >our new orleans arcadian bookshop friend<
>russell desmond has provided many vital<
+(GOOGLE EUGENE RAY+
+/ RUSSELL DESMOND)+
>books of louisiana architecture & history<
>and we look forward to seeing him soon<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >we are particularly interested in french creole<
>barataria architectural history and believe the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+INDIAN MOUND HOUSE)+
>de gruy indian mound house at crown point<
>looked exactly like this house in mandeville<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >on october 28th at 12 noon we shall gather<
>in covington for a birthday lunch for our<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ NEAL PENDLETON)+
>dear friend, lorraine pendleton seen here<
>w/ husband, cousin neal seen on left<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>(we look forward to seeing cousin nikki<
>barranger & other covington friends<
+(SOUTHERN HOTEL+
+/ FRIENDS LUNCH)+
>hoping they will attend the lunch<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >we miss the great new orleans historian<
>architect, samuel wilson, whose books<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / SAMUEL WILSON)+
>like mary lou christovich and betsy<
>swanson have been vital to study<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >bayou "dos gris" (de gruy) in the lands of<
>lafitte the pirate, south of new orleans mark<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / JEAN LAFITTE)+
>the linkage of jean baptiste de gruy w/ the<
>famed privateer's smuggling operations<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >magnolia mound plantation at baton rouge is<
>a star of my youth… / owned by armond du<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / PRINCE MURAT)+
>plantier lafayette's aide de camp who bought<
>foucher nola plantation for him as a u.s. gift<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >friend and alum philip matzigkeit likes this<
>collage of me at the gate of gruyere castle<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / PARIS BIENNALE)+
>on our 1st pilgrimage back about 1986<
>when the french honored my oeuvre<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >it was at the university of nancy france near<
>ray sur saone,  where the biotronic radiance<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> /NANCY UNIVERSITY)+
>of this prototype earned my invitation to join<
>the french architecture & energy committee<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^