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Swamps on the Cusp of Change

Cypress-tupelo swamps along the Louisiana coast are subjected to a number of environmental stressors, ranging from hurricane impact to saltwater intrusion. Some of these impacts are created by the...

Cypress-tupelo swamps along the Louisiana coast are subjected to a number of environmental stressors, ranging from hurricane impact to saltwater intrusion. Some of these impacts are created by the...

  • louisiana
  • environment

Cypress Trees

The wood of cypress was a very valuable commodity for early settlers in this region. Old-growth cypress wood was easily worked, very valuable, and resistant to rot. Cypress wood was widely used in...

The wood of cypress was a very valuable commodity for early settlers in this region. Old-growth cypress wood was easily worked, very valuable, and resistant to rot. Cypress wood was widely used...

  • louisiana
  • environment

Centerville, Louisiana

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

  • louisiana
  • electrocution
  • van buren

Murphy James Foster (1849-1921)

Home of Murphy James Foster, prominent St. Mary Parish plantation owner and lawyer of the reconstruction period who served the people of Louisiana with honor and distinction as:Louisiana State...

Home of Murphy James Foster, prominent St. Mary Parish plantation owner and lawyer of the reconstruction period who served the people of Louisiana with honor and distinction as:Louisiana State...

  • louisiana
  • politics

Franklin's Historic Lampposts

he original lampposts and neutral ground project began in 1915 under Mayor Charles Lauve. A 1916 ordinance prohibited chickens from walking on the boulevards, and "Do Not Hitch" appears on each...

he original lampposts and neutral ground project began in 1915 under Mayor Charles Lauve. A 1916 ordinance prohibited chickens from walking on the boulevards, and "Do Not Hitch" appears on...

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Battle of Irish Bend

April 14, 1863 Also called by the Confederates the battle of Nerson's Woods or Franklin. In the Teche campaign the Federals followed the retreating Confederates from Bisland. Units of the Federal...

April 14, 1863 Also called by the Confederates the battle of Nerson's Woods or Franklin. In the Teche campaign the Federals followed the retreating Confederates from Bisland. Units of the...

  • louisiana
  • civil war

The Gunboat Diana

Embedded in the banks of Bayou Teche to the east of this site and visible from here are the boilers of the gunboat Diana. Originally a Federal vessel operating on the lower Teche, it was captured...

Embedded in the banks of Bayou Teche to the east of this site and visible from here are the boilers of the gunboat Diana. Originally a Federal vessel operating on the lower Teche, it was captured...

  • louisiana
  • civil war

Franklin

Named for Benjamin Franklin in 1800 by founder Alexander 'Guinea' Lewis, town became St. Mary Parish seat in 1811, was incorporated in 1830, served as Teche Country’s port of entry and trade...

Named for Benjamin Franklin in 1800 by founder Alexander 'Guinea' Lewis, town became St. Mary Parish seat in 1811, was incorporated in 1830, served as Teche Country’s port of entry and...

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St. Mary's Episcopal Church

Services since 1830. Firmly organized in 1846 under leadership of Rev. Saml. Geo. Litton. Admitted into union with Diocese of LA. 1847. Rectory built 1855, the first rectory in the Diocese....

Services since 1830. Firmly organized in 1846 under leadership of Rev. Saml. Geo. Litton. Admitted into union with Diocese of LA. 1847. Rectory built 1855, the first rectory in the Diocese....

    German Prisoner of War Camp

    Located 1 mile west is the site of a W.W. II prisoner-of-war camp. Formerly a 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps camp, the low-security P.O.W. camp opened October 14, 1943. It held captured German...

    Located 1 mile west is the site of a W.W. II prisoner-of-war camp. Formerly a 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps camp, the low-security P.O.W. camp opened October 14, 1943. It held captured German...

    • louisiana
    • world war ii

    The Battle of Irish Bend

    Part of the Union advance through La. was known as the Teche Campaign. Union troops of the 4th Division XIX Army Corps tried to halt supplies for Confederate troops coming from Texas. On this site...

    Part of the Union advance through La. was known as the Teche Campaign. Union troops of the 4th Division XIX Army Corps tried to halt supplies for Confederate troops coming from Texas. On this...

    • louisiana
    • civil war

    Donelson Caffery

    (1835-1906) Site of home of Donelson Caffery, courageous soldier of the Confederacy; distinguished lawyer and sugar planter of St. Mary Parish; able and uncompromising member of United States...

    (1835-1906) Site of home of Donelson Caffery, courageous soldier of the Confederacy; distinguished lawyer and sugar planter of St. Mary Parish; able and uncompromising member of United States...

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    Battle of Bisland

    April 12-13, 1863. General Nathaniel P. Bank’s Union army attacked Gen. Dick Taylor’s Confederate forces entrenched at Fort Bisland. Confederates repulsed each attack, but post evacuated when...

    April 12-13, 1863. General Nathaniel P. Bank’s Union army attacked Gen. Dick Taylor’s Confederate forces entrenched at Fort Bisland. Confederates repulsed each attack, but post evacuated...

    • louisiana
    • civil war

    Williams Memorial Airport

    Here from 1929 until 1936 Harry P. Williams & James R. Wedell, as Wedell-Williams Air Service, designed and built some of the fastest land-based airplanes of their time. "Jimmie" Wedell set many...

    Here from 1929 until 1936 Harry P. Williams & James R. Wedell, as Wedell-Williams Air Service, designed and built some of the fastest land-based airplanes of their time. "Jimmie" Wedell set...

    • louisiana
    • airplane
    • aircraft

    Cypress Swamps - Wedell-Williams Aviation & Cypress Sawmill Museum

      Like redwoods, cypress trees can live a long time and grow to fantastic sizes. Prior to largescale logging, south Louisiana and the Atchafalaya Basin were full of large stands of giant cypress....

      Like redwoods, cypress trees can live a long time and grow to fantastic sizes. Prior to largescale logging, south Louisiana and the Atchafalaya Basin were full of large stands of giant cypress....

    • louisiana
    • cypress trees
    • waterways
    • swamps
    • environment

    We-Will Jr. #17

    Built for the 1930 All-American Flying Derby at Detroit, the We-Will Jr. became the first Wedell-Williams plane designed for a specific competition. The plane was a twenty percent smaller version...

    Built for the 1930 All-American Flying Derby at Detroit, the We-Will Jr. became the first Wedell- Williams plane designed for a specific competition. The plane was a twenty percent smaller version...

    • louisiana
    • aviation

    #44 We-Will Racer

    The #44 debuted in 1931, as Jimmie Wedell improved the design of the We-Will plane. In a new partnership with racer Roscoe Turner, Wedell aimed to create the fastest plane in the world. The #44's...

    The #44 debuted in 1931, as Jimmie Wedell improved the design of the We-Will plane. In a new partnership with racer Roscoe Turner, Wedell aimed to create the fastest plane in the world. The #44's...

    • louisiana
    • aviation

    Monocoupe D-145

    Monocoupe D-145 ca. 1941 This Monocoupe D-145 was one of the last airplanes produced by Monocoupe before the outbreak of World War II. The Monocoupe Aircraft Corporation, founded in Bettendorf,...

    Monocoupe D-145 ca. 1941 This Monocoupe D-145 was one of the last airplanes produced by Monocoupe before the outbreak of World War II. The Monocoupe Aircraft Corporation, founded in Bettendorf,...

    • louisiana
    • aviation

    Commemoration of Sisters Buried Here

    The Sisters of St. Joseph taught here for 38 years. Fifty three different Sisters worked here. Three of them are buried in this cemetery. We are unable to identify the precise spot of their...

    The Sisters of St. Joseph taught here for 38 years. Fifty three different Sisters worked here. Three of them are buried in this cemetery. We are unable to identify the precise spot of...

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    Benjamin Paul

    Chief Benjamin Paul was one of the last persons to speak the Chitimacha language. Shortly after his death the language died although Doctor Benjamin Swadesh of Yale University attempted to...

    Chief Benjamin Paul was one of the last persons to speak the Chitimacha language. Shortly after his death the language died although Doctor Benjamin Swadesh of Yale University attempted to...

    • louisiana
    • chitimacha
    • native american