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Legendary Oaks

Courts met under "Jury Oak" early 1800s.Judge presided while sitting on tree limb.Public executions held at nearby "hanging tree".

Courts met under "Jury Oak" early 1800s.Judge presided while sitting on tree limb.Public executions held at nearby "hanging tree".

  • alabama
  • politics
  • trees

A Remarkable Woman and a Legacy Beyond Compare

"When I leave this world, I can't carry nothing away from here. Whatever I have, it's going to be left right here for somebody. Some child can get their education, to help them along, because you...

"When I leave this world, I can't carry nothing away from here. Whatever I have, it's going to be left right here for somebody. Some child can get their education, to help them along, because...

  • mississippi
  • scholarship
  • university o...
  • usm

Petrified Log State Rock of Mississippi

Made up of siliceous minerals, the 11-million-year-old southern miss petrified log was found intact rather than in fragments. According to Dr. Bobby Irby, then chairperson of the USM Science...

Made up of siliceous minerals, the 11-million- year-old southern miss petrified log was found intact rather than in fragments. According to Dr. Bobby Irby, then chairperson of the USM...

  • mississippi
  • usm
  • university o...

Robert "Bob" Hicks House

The Robert "Bob" Hicks House served as a base of operations for the Bogalusa Civil Rights Movement. It was a safe place for civil rights workers and an emergency medical triage station. The...

The Robert "Bob" Hicks House served as a base of operations for the Bogalusa Civil Rights Movement. It was a safe place for civil rights workers and an emergency medical triage station. The...

  • louisiana
  • civil rights

Prehistoric Inhabitants Of Bayou Sauvage

Human occupation and settlement of the fertile marshes and estuaries that now include Bayou Sauvage Refuge began before 500 BC. Two local archaeological sites, Big Oak and Little Oak Islands,...

Human occupation and settlement of the fertile marshes and estuaries that now include Bayou Sauvage Refuge began before 500 BC. Two local archaeological sites, Big Oak and Little Oak Islands,...

  • louisiana
  • nature
  • nature walk
  • swamp

Bayou Sauvage Ridge - Geology In The Wetands

No rocks, no geology-right? Actually, once you know what to look for, it's easy to see evidence of geology at work in this wetland environment.<br> The geologic features of the Mississippi River...

No rocks, no geology-right? Actually, once you know what to look for, it's easy to see evidence of geology at work in this wetland environment.<br> The geologic features of the Mississippi River...

  • louisiana
  • geology
  • wetlands. na...
  • nwr

Hurricane Katrina

In the early morning hours of August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina swept into coastal Louisiana from the Gulf of Mexico. The eye of the storm passed about 15 miles east of where you are standing. But...

In the early morning hours of August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina swept into coastal Louisiana from the Gulf of Mexico. The eye of the storm passed about 15 miles east of where you are standing. But...

  • louisiana
  • hurricane katrina
  • wildlife
  • nature
  • disaster

Maxtent Canal

You are standing on one of the levees that protect New Orleans. Because the city lies below sea level, this system of levees and canals is needed to keep it from flooding. The canals also provide...

You are standing on one of the levees that protect New Orleans. Because the city lies below sea level, this system of levees and canals is needed to keep it from flooding. The canals also...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • nwr
  • nature trail

Frances Parkinson Keyes

TO FRANCES PARKINSON KEYES FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO LOUISIANA LITERATURE, THE RESTORATION OF BEAUREGARD HOUSE AND GARDEN AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KEYES FOUNDATION PLACED HERE BY THE VIEUX CARRE...

TO FRANCES PARKINSON KEYES FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO LOUISIANA LITERATURE, THE RESTORATION OF BEAUREGARD HOUSE AND GARDEN AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KEYES FOUNDATION PLACED HERE BY THE VIEUX CARRE...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • frances park...

Birthplace Danny Barker

BIRTHPLACE DANNY BARKER January 13, 1909 African-American Creole guitar and banjo player, songwriter, composer, singer, author, historian, teacher, storyteller, humorist, actor and painter. Jazz...

BIRTHPLACE DANNY BARKER January 13, 1909 African- American Creole guitar and banjo player, songwriter, composer, singer, author, historian, teacher, storyteller, humorist, actor and painter. Jazz...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • danny barker
  • 1909

Vieux Carré / Jackson Square

VIEUX CARRE   HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A REGISTERED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK   UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE HISTORIC SITES ACT OF AUGUST 21, 1935 THIS SITE POSSESSES EXCEPTIONAL VALUE IN COMMEMORATING...

VIEUX CARRE   HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A REGISTERED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK   UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE HISTORIC SITES ACT OF AUGUST 21, 1935 THIS SITE POSSESSES EXCEPTIONAL VALUE IN...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • vieux carre
  • jackson square
  • 1935
  • 1970
  • 1963

Louisiana State Bank Building

LOUISIANA STATE BANK BUILDING HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A   NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK   THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   1983  ...

LOUISIANA STATE BANK BUILDING HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A   NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK   THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   1983  ...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • french quarter
  • bank
  • 1983

Rillieux-Waldhorn House

PARISH ORLEANS LANDMARKS COMMISSION   RILLIEUX-WALDHORN HOUSE   ERECTED 1795-1800   FOR   VINCENT RILLIEUX-1740-1800   NEW ORLEANS MERCHANT   AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF   EDGAR DEGAS NOTED FRENCH...

PARISH ORLEANS LANDMARKS COMMISSION   RILLIEUX- WALDHORN HOUSE   ERECTED 1795-1800   FOR   VINCENT RILLIEUX-1740-1800   NEW ORLEANS MERCHANT   AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF   EDGAR DEGAS NOTED...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • french quarter
  • vincent rillieux
  • edgar degas
  • barthlemy lefon
  • 1795
  • 1800
  • 1740
  • 1800
  • 1769
  • 1820
  • 1881
  • 1972

Audubon Room

Audubon Room   This typical creole cottage probably built before 1813, is considered the traditional site of the studio of famed naturalist painter, John James Audubon, and the place in which he...

Audubon Room   This typical creole cottage probably built before 1813, is considered the traditional site of the studio of famed naturalist painter, John James Audubon, and the place in which he...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • french quarter
  • john james audubon
  • 1813
  • 1821
  • 1822

510 Canal Street

510 CANAL STREET   (BUILDING TO THE RIGHT)   This Italianate Style building dates back to the post- Civil War era and is the last of a pair of identical buildings in the city. In 2017 the Sazerac...

510 CANAL STREET   (BUILDING TO THE RIGHT)   This Italianate Style building dates back to the post- Civil War era and is the last of a pair of identical buildings in the city. In 2017 the Sazerac...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • civil war
  • 2017
  • 2019
  • sazarac
  • sazarac house

Merchants Mutual Insurance Company Building

MERCHANTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY BUILDING   ERECTED IN 1859   WILLIAM A. FRERET, JR., ARCHITECT   C. CROZIER, CARPENTER-BUILDER   THE LOCAL FOUNDRY OF BENNETT & LURGES CRAFTED THE CAST-IRON...

MERCHANTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY BUILDING   ERECTED IN 1859   WILLIAM A. FRERET, JR., ARCHITECT   C. CROZIER, CARPENTER-BUILDER   THE LOCAL FOUNDRY OF BENNETT & LURGES CRAFTED THE CAST-IRON...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • insurance
  • 1859

610 Tchoupitoulas Street

610 Tchoupitoulas Street First Renaissance Building   Built in 1843 and occupied in the 1930's by Southern Coffee Mills Ltd., coffee producers for Café Du Monde.   Purchased and renovated in 1999...

610 Tchoupitoulas Street First Renaissance Building   Built in 1843 and occupied in the 1930's by Southern Coffee Mills Ltd., coffee producers for Café Du Monde.   Purchased and renovated in 1999...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • renaissance
  • 1843
  • 1999
  • 2001

The New Orleans Musicians Tomb

THE NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS TOMB   This historic tomb which since the 19th century had interred the Sacred Union Society and the Barbarin Family now also acts as the New Orleans Musicians Tomb. The...

THE NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS TOMB   This historic tomb which since the 19th century had interred the Sacred Union Society and the Barbarin Family now also acts as the New Orleans Musicians Tomb....

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • cemetery
  • 2004
  • anna ross twichell
  • mitchell gaudet
  • music
  • tomb
  • mausoleum

Benjamin Henry Boneval LaTrobe / Henry Sellon Boneval LaTrobe

IN THE PROTESTANT SECTION OF THIS CEMETERY WERE INTERRED   BENJAMIN HENRY BONEVAL LATROBE   BORN FULNECK, ENGLAND. MAY 1.1764. DIED NEW ORLEANS, SEPTEMBER 3. 1820   FOUNDER OF THE ARCHITECTURAL...

IN THE PROTESTANT SECTION OF THIS CEMETERY WERE INTERRED   BENJAMIN HENRY BONEVAL LATROBE   BORN FULNECK, ENGLAND. MAY 1.1764. DIED NEW ORLEANS, SEPTEMBER 3. 1820   FOUNDER OF THE...

  • new orleans
  • louisiana
  • cemetery
  • benjamin latrobe
  • henry latrobe
  • 1764
  • 1820
  • 1792
  • 1817

Franklin D. Roosevelt

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1945   Day of Infamy Speech   "Yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and...

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1945   Day of Infamy Speech   "Yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • world war ii
  • wwii
  • 1933
  • 1941
  • 1945
  • franklin roosevelt