Thor, (also spelled Torre or Tort), is a communal section in the Western Department of Haiti. It is the tenth section of Carrefour.
About[]
This was the site of the largest sugar plantation in the colony, which spanned four rural sections; (Thor, Dufresne, Riviere Froide, and Bizoton). There are all types of land, from the marshes favorable to the rice fields on the seashore, to the warm land of the hills where cotton and millet are cultivated. Seven sources originate there, the main ones being La Mahotiere, Jean-Baptiste, Corossol, and Cramini.
Quarries of freestone, opened in 1884, provided the first foundation stones of the new Cathedral of Port-au-Prince, which have been extracted there.
The section is characterized by magnificent views and healthy air in the heights. Tort is bounded to the north by the harbor of Port au Prince, to the east by the Diquini river from the source to the mouth; by the Riviere Froide, Carrefour, Truitier and the Cote habitations on the west.
The road from Leogene to Port-au-Prince crosses Tort, for about 3 kilometrs.
History[]
The village of Carrefour was established on the land of Tort on May 1, 1813. President Pétion had a beautiful high house that burned down one afternoon in 1864. Pétion had the French painter Barincou do the portraits of Napoleon, Alexander, Cesar, and d'Annibal, etc.
He was there when Brigadier General Delva was assassinated on the night of December 24 to 25, 1815 in the prison of Port-au-Prince. There was a ball on the habitation for Christmas, and two men in disguise entered the prison. The general's corpse. found without burial in the cemetery, was buried by his wife on her return from Tort, where she had gone to solicit, but in vain, the remission of the remainder of her husband's sentence.
Truitier de Vaucresson[]
Truitier de Vaucresson is a habitation located in the seaside rural section of Thor. The village of Carrefour was established in 1813 on the Volant le Tort-a-l'Est, Truitier and Cote du Nord plantations. The Monrepos plantation has also been dependent on it.
- Six weeks after Rigaud had driven the English from Léogâne (October 6, 1794), they presented themselves at Truitier. Rigaud marched against them and confronted them on this habitation. The Republicans rushed them with the bayonettes and knocked them down. But the reinforcements and several pieces of cannon issued from Bizoton arrived at Truitier to the rescue of the English, and reestablished the fight. Rigaud returned to Leogane on December 5. In December 1802, Metellus occupied Truitier against the French.
- On September 17, 1845, there was at Tort Bridge a massacre of the insurgents after their defeat at Léogâne where their leader, Colonel Pierre Paul, was held. Terlonge had gone to disperse them.
- On June 14 and 22, 1868, the Tort plateau occupied by Numa Cassy, second by Nuce Bance and Fénélon Païnson, resisted 2 attacks from Salnave.
- On Sunday, November 4, 1917, the feast of Saint-Charles, patron saint of Carrefour, a railway train leaving Port-au-Prince at 6 am going to Carrefour, derailed at 9 am at the Pont de Thor; it was a terrible disaster that left 63 dead and 262 injured. President Dartiguenave had left the day before to attend the feast of St-Charles in Gonaïves. Among the dead of the Pont de Thor, one noted the Notary Charles Millery; Charles Dehour, agricultural engineer; and the director of the Seours de la Sagesse, Sister Marie Ermenilde.
Neighboring sections
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Houses near Thor Le Volant
Section map 10e Thor
Neighborhoods[]
| THR | Arcachon, Bizoton, Côte Plage, Diquini, Lamentin, Mahotiére, St Roc, Thor, Thor Le Volant. |
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Mon Repos[]
Mon Repos is a locality has historically been associated with the Truitier and Cote localities. The Corossol spring flows through this area. Should Carrefour establish a coastal road, it would traverse this residence. Balthazar Inginac, the Secretary General, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt at this location. Alexis Gauthier, the son-in-law of 15President Hyppolite, met his demise at this residence. André Laroche, the son-in-law of Alexis Gauthier, took his own life at this residence on May 1, 1920.
Ville de Carrefour[]
What started off as a small village placed in an enchanting locality 9km (5.5 miles) from PAP, between Bizoton and Gressier, Ville de Carrefour became a post of Port-au-Prince military district. The village was established on the Volant-le Tort, Truitier and Côté habitations; it was originally divided into twenty blocks, but lacking the taste of the inhabitants, who raise houses there without respecting any alignment, puts to nothing the plan which, according to the orders of the government, had been drawn up by the surveyor general Louis Riguad.
Heritage[]
The patronal feast is celebrated on November 4th at Saint-Charles, which is dedicated to the chapel. Every year, several days in advance, great preparations are made for this holiday, to which a large part of the population and the authorities of Port-au-Prince do not fail to attend.For some time, the regiom was marked by its beautiful country houses. The village was founded on May 1, 1813 by decree of the President Pétion.M.A. Monfleury
Michael Vedrine is spectacular