> The U. S. game of craps was named after a French rake, Count Bernard Mandeville Marigny, who introduced the parent European game of hazard to New Orleans a century ago. He was so disliked by the natives that he was nicknamed "Johnny Crapaud'' (French for toad). The pastime became known as "Crapaud's Game," then "Crap's Game," finallyafter it spread up the Mississippi and trickled throughout the countrycraps.
> An Irish sportsman, Sir St. George Gore, arriving in the U. S. in 1854 on a hunting expedition, started the annihilation of the American buffalo....
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
