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9 unusual facts about Saint Croix


Elliot Griffin Thomas

He served as pastor of St. Ann's Church on St. Croix, pastor of Holy Family Church, Dean of the Diocese and the Vicar General.

Emil Bærentzen

Born in Copenhagen on 30 October 1799, Bærentzen served an apprenticeship at the pharmacy in Nykøbing Sjælland but then travelled to Christiansted on the then Danish island of St. Croix in the West Indies where he worked in one of the government offices.

John Martin Mack

Although it cost him a hard struggle to give up his labors among the aborigines and leave America, he accepted the call, and for twenty-two years devoted himself to the interests of the slaves in Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas, where he resided.

Negerhollands

Negerhollands emerged around 1700 on the Virgin Islands Saint John, Saint Croix, and especially Saint Thomas, then Danish colonies.

Rancho Rio de los Americanos

and surviving siblings, who resided in and were citizens of St. Croix, Danish West Indies, today's U.S. Virgin Islands.

Saint Croix-Vanceboro Railway Bridge

The first railway bridge over the St. Croix River at this location was opened in October 1871 by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and Governor General of Canada Lord Lisgar on the completion of the European and North American Railway (E&NA) between Bangor, Maine and Saint John, New Brunswick.

Sugar Ray Seales

"Sugar" Ray Seales, (born September 6, 1952 in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands) was the only American boxer to win a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Timothy Childs

In the late 1840s Childs traveled to Saint Croix, where he went in an effort to improve his health.

Vanceboro, Maine

Vanceboro is across the St. Croix River from St. Croix, New Brunswick, Canada, to which it is connected by the Saint Croix – Vanceboro Bridge.


Hispanic Heritage Site

On Saint Croix, is the only site under United States jurisdiction to have been visited by Christopher Columbus.


see also

Beeston Hill

Beeston Hill, United States Virgin Islands, a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands