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3 unusual facts about Elysian Fields


Elysian Fields, Texas

An American from New Orleans, Capt. Edward Smith, visited the village in 1817 and compared its beauty to the Elysian Fields of Greek Mythology.

Gentilly, New Orleans

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William Ranney

The club met at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, and also played in Hoboken's Fox Hill, which today is Columbus Park, and the high school field between 9th and 11th Streets on Grand Street.


Alexander Cartwright

The first clearly documented match between two baseball clubs under these rules took place on June 19, 1846, at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Atlantis: The Antediluvian World

# That it was the true Antediluvian world; the Garden of Eden; the Gardens of Hesperides; the Elysian Fields; the Gardens of Alcinous; the Mesomphalos, the Olympos; the Asgard of the traditions of the ancient nations; representing a universal memory of a great land, where early mankind dwelt for ages in peace and happiness.

Bernard de Marigny

"Though said to be poorly educated in the classics, he christened the main thoroughfare to his house Elysian Fields after Virgil's "Deathless Residence of the Spirits of the Blessed.

Judaeo-Spanish

Jennifer Charles and Oren Bloedow from the New York-based band Elysian Fields released a CD in 2001 called La Mar Enfortuna, which featured modern versions of traditional Sephardic songs, many sung by Charles in Judeo-Spanish.


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1845 to 1868 in baseball

At Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, the Weeksville of New York beat the Colored Union Club 11–0.

Elysia

Elysium, a section of the underworld containing the Elysian Fields

Elysian Fields Avenue

The location of Elysian Fields Avenue originated in the early 19th century placement of a sawmill canal on the Marigny Plantation, which at that time was just outside of New Orleans proper (the present French Quarter).

Elysian Fields is also the street on which Tennessee Williams's play A Streetcar Named Desire is set.

The Man from Elysian Fields

The Man from Elysian Fields is a 2001 drama film directed by George Hickenlooper, and starring Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Olivia Williams, Julianna Margulies, and James Coburn.