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Cameron Parish ((フランス語:Paroisse de Cameron)) is a parish in the southwestern section of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,839.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22023.html )〕 The parish seat is Cameron.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Although it is the third-largest parish by land area in Louisiana, it has the second-smallest population. Cameron Parish is part of the Lake Charles, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== Organized in 1870 from parts of Calcasieu and Vermillion Parishes, Cameron Parish is named for Simon Cameron, a Pennsylvanian who was President Abraham Lincoln's first secretary of war. It is among the largest civil parishes in Louisiana, yet the least populated, owing to the high proportion of land area devoted to marsh. Cameron Parish comprises a large portion of the Louisiana Chenier Plain, and thus is home to numerous cheniers, elevated ridges that occur in certain coastal regions, particularly in Louisiana. Early settlers include John M. Smith, Millege McCall, John William Sweeney, George W. Wakefield, William Doxey, James Hale, James Root, and John M. Miller.〔Perrin, W.H. 1891. Southwest Louisiana biographical and historical. Reprinted 1971. Claitor's Publishing Division, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.〕 The western half of Cameron Parish was part of the colorful No Man’s Land or 1806 Neutral Ground agreement to solve a boundary dispute between the governments of the United States and Spain after the Louisiana Purchase. The Calcasieu River (at the time the Arroyo Hondo) and the Sabine River became the eastern and western boundaries. Devoid of law enforcement, the area became a hotbed of outlaws, pirates, and other nefarious characters for many years. The American Civil War, and numerous hurricanes, such as Audrey, Rita, and Ike were defining events that shaped the trajectory of the region. Loyalties were split in the coastal area at the onset of the Civil War, setting the stage for additional conflict. Block〔http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/〕 chronicled activities of the Unionist Mermentau Jayhawkers and their vigilante nemesis the Mermentau Regulators during the fall of 1863 in and around Grand Chenier. Cameron Parish was devastated by Hurricane Audrey on June 27, 1957, causing over 390 deaths. Authors Nola Mae Ross and Susan McFillen Goodson chronicled the stories of many Audrey survivors in ''Hurricane Audrey'',〔Ross, N.M. and S.M. Goodson. 1997. Hurricane Audrey. Wise Publications, Sulphur, Louisiana. ISBN 1-887144-08-0.〕 published 40 years after the storm. Tales of tragedy and heroism emerged with the heavy press coverage following the devastation.〔Life Magazine. 1957. Hurricane season starts early - and it's deadly. Life 43(2):8-13.〕 The American Medical Association named a local Cameron physician, Cecil Clark, the General Practitioner of the Year in recognition of dedicated service despite great personal loss.〔The General Practitioner's Award. 1957. J Am Med Assoc. 165(16):2089.〕 Audrey defined Cameron Parish for nearly 50 years, with local history being divided into before and after Audrey periods until much of the parish was destroyed again by Hurricane Rita on September 24, 2005. The movie ''Little Chenier'' was filmed in Southwest Louisiana just prior to Hurricane Rita and contains some of the only accessible moving images of the area before it was destroyed. In 2008, three years after Rita, Hurricane Ike came ashore and brought a storm surge, which was far worse than Rita's surge. Nearly all of the coastline in that area was flooded heavily, with surge and floodwaters reaching 60 miles inland,〔(Mega Surge )〕 as far north as Lake Charles.〔(Surge floodwaters )〕 In Cameron Parish the communities of Cameron, Holly Beach, Hackberry, Creole, and Grand Chenier were essentially destroyed.〔 Hundreds of people had to be rescued from atop rooftops, including 363 people who were rescued by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Search and Rescue teams in conjunction with the Louisiana National Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard.〔Search and Rescue Operations Coordinated by LDWF Transport 363 Residents to Safety During Hurricane Ike's Pass Through State, September 16, 2008 (Emergency.louisiana.gov )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cameron Parish, Louisiana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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