Hub of the Louisiana sulphur industry. Built in 1932-33 by Freeport Sulphur Company to logistically support Grand Ecaille mine, world's second largest Frasch sulphur mine. It was located in Lake...
Plaquemines Parish was founded on March 31, 1807 stretching from English Turn south 100 miles along both banks of the Mississippi River. The name originates from plakamin, the Mobile Indian...
Completed in 1849, this three-story building treatedsailors until abandoned after the 1858 Belle Crevasse.During the War Between the States, gunpowder wasmanufactured at the site and arson was...
The 1893 Hurricane hit south Louisiana on the night of October 1 claiming over 2000 lives. One of the survivors was 25 year old Paul Harris who was working as an orange picker on the...
THE MEASURE OF MY AMBITION WILL BE FULL WHEN WY WIFE AND CHILDREN SHALL REPAIR TO MY GRAVE TO DROP THE TEAR OF AFFECTION TO MY MEMORY THEY MAY READ ON MY TOMBSTONE. HE WHO LIES BENEATH...
The Pioneer Cairn Plaza The Dominion Land Survey of 1869 providedan organized method of legally diving thevast expanses of the Canadian West. Thetownship consisting of 36 sections wasthe base unit...
Located on this site from ca. 1820 to 1949 stood the original David Olivier creole-style plantation house. It was purchased by The New Orleans Catholic Association for the Relief of Male Orphans...
Buried in the ground beneath in the ground beneath our feet and embodied in the architecture reaching toward the sky are the remnants of New Orleans' history. The Basin Street area is no...
Making Rights Real - Louisiana Civil Rights Trail Dooky Chase's Restaurant gained notoriety as a safe place where people of all races could sit down to meet and discuss strategies for the Civil...
Making Rights Real - Louisiana Civil Rights Trail On November 14, 1960, three six-year-old girls-Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost and Gail Etienne- integrated McDonogh 19. Known as the...
PORTSMOUTH Black Heritage Trail Black Yankees and The Sea People of African-origin or descent have been part of Portsmouth since at least 1645. This waterfront was an entry port for enslaved...