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Gene Stewart

Rayville, LA "The Original Country Rebel" Born in 1938, Gene's country music career spans over 7 decades as a singer, songwriter, recording artist & popular entertainer. His 1972 recording of the...

Rayville, LA "The Original Country Rebel" Born in 1938, Gene's country music career spans over 7 decades as a singer, songwriter, recording artist & popular entertainer. His 1972 recording of...

  • louisiana
  • country music
  • music
  • entertainment

John L. Brown, Sr.

Born in Franklin Parish, John considered Gilbert his home. As a drummer for Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Doug Duffey, Donna Fargo & many others, he traveled the world. As a friend & mentor to...

Born in Franklin Parish, John considered Gilbert his home. As a drummer for Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Doug Duffey, Donna Fargo & many others, he traveled the world. As a friend & mentor...

  • louisiana
  • music
  • franklin parish

2023 National Champions

LSU won its seventh NCAA National Championship in 2023 with a resounding 18-4 win over Florida in Game 3 of the College World Series Finals. LSU was the nation's consensus No. 1 team for the first...

LSU won its seventh NCAA National Championship in 2023 with a resounding 18-4 win over Florida in Game 3 of the College World Series Finals. LSU was the nation's consensus No. 1 team for the first...

  • louisiana
  • lsu
  • baseball
  • cws
  • sports

Patriots of the Opelousas Militia

Interned in this old Church Landing Cemetery are the known remains of eleven Revolutionary War Patriots of the Opelousas Post Militia of 1779. As Spanish forces under Govenor-General Bernardo de...

Interned in this old Church Landing Cemetery are the known remains of eleven Revolutionary War Patriots of the Opelousas Post Militia of 1779. As Spanish forces under Govenor-General Bernardo...

  • louisiana
  • revolutionary war
  • st. landry parish

City Recreation Center

Dedicated to the memory of Sidney A. Marchand, Jr. 1917-1956 Mayor, City of Donaldsonville, 1948-1956 Soldier: World War II Normandy Invasion St. Lo Breakthrough, Race to Paris, St. Vivth...

Dedicated to the memory of Sidney A. Marchand, Jr. 1917-1956 Mayor, City of Donaldsonville, 1948-1956 Soldier: World War II Normandy Invasion St. Lo Breakthrough, Race to Paris, St. Vivth...

  • louisiana
  • donaldsonville
  • ascension parish
  • memorial

All Roads Lead to Donaldsonville

Rural Roots Music Claiborne Williams (Donaldsonville) • George Williams (Donaldsonville) • Bella Sullivan (Donaldsonville) • Jelly Roll Morton (New Orleans) • Albert Carroll (Donaldsonville) •...

Rural Roots Music Claiborne Williams (Donaldsonville) • George Williams (Donaldsonville) • Bella Sullivan (Donaldsonville) • Jelly Roll Morton (New Orleans) • Albert Carroll (Donaldsonville) •...

  • louisiana
  • music
  • jazz
  • roots
  • donaldsonville

Mark 8 Projectile

This 'Mark 8' 2,700 pound armor piercing (AP) projectile is fired from one of the nine 16-inch, 45 caliber Mark 45 "Big Guns" aboard Battleship USS Alabama (BB 60). It travels at a speed of 2,300...

This 'Mark 8' 2,700 pound armor piercing (AP) projectile is fired from one of the nine 16-inch, 45 caliber Mark 45 "Big Guns" aboard Battleship USS Alabama (BB 60). It travels at a speed of 2,300...

  • alabama
  • wwii
  • uss alabama

Steamboat Warehouse

c. 1829 513 N. Main Built by Francois Corso, this is the last of the old steamboat warehouses on Bayou Courtableau. It has been a popular restaurant for over thirty years.

c. 1829 513 N. Main Built by Francois Corso, this is the last of the old steamboat warehouses on Bayou Courtableau. It has been a popular restaurant for over thirty years.

  • louisiana
  • commerce

Audubon Memorial

Oakley Plantation, 3 miles east, where John James Audubon painted 32 of his "Birds of America." It was built in 1799 by Ruffin Gray and acquired as a state park in 1947 from Miss Lucy Mathews.

Oakley Plantation, 3 miles east, where John James Audubon painted 32 of his "Birds of America." It was built in 1799 by Ruffin Gray and acquired as a state park in 1947 from Miss Lucy Mathews.

  • louisiana
  • john james audubon
  • art
  • plantation
  • west felicia...

Ramos Residence

Florencio Ramos (1861-1931), saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist, lived here at 4505 Dryades Street from 1929 until 1931. He arrived in New Orleans for the World’s Industrial and Cotton...

Florencio Ramos (1861-1931), saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist, lived here at 4505 Dryades Street from 1929 until 1931. He arrived in New Orleans for the World’s Industrial and...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • jazz
  • music

Carrere Residence

George J. Carrere (1889-1962), violinist, orchestra leader, and music teacher, lived here at 4611 Chestnut St. from 1917 to 1962. A graduate of Straight University, he taught at New Orleans...

George J. Carrere (1889-1962), violinist, orchestra leader, and music teacher, lived here at 4611 Chestnut St. from 1917 to 1962. A graduate of Straight University, he taught at New...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • jazz
  • music

Riley Residence

Teddy Riley (1924-1992), trumpet player and bandleader, lived here at 914 Valence Street from 1962 to 1992. He played with Joe Avery's Band, Jeanette Kimball, The Music Masters, Don Raymond, The...

Teddy Riley (1924-1992), trumpet player and bandleader, lived here at 914 Valence Street from 1962 to 1992. He played with Joe Avery's Band, Jeanette Kimball, The Music Masters, Don Raymond, The...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • jazz
  • music

Dedroit Residence

John “Johnny” DeDroit (1892-1988) cornetist, and bandleader, lived here at 737 Henry Clay Avenue from 1929 until 1933. He was a cornet soloist at age 12 at the Winter Garden Theater on Baronne...

John “Johnny” DeDroit (1892-1988) cornetist, and bandleader, lived here at 737 Henry Clay Avenue from 1929 until 1933. He was a cornet soloist at age 12 at the Winter Garden Theater on...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • jazz
  • music

1481 Exposition

circa 1889 The land in front of this house, from the Mississippi River to the universities, was once a plantation acquired by Pierre Foucher in 1793. Several of the massive oak trees from the...

circa 1889 The land in front of this house, from the Mississippi River to the universities, was once a plantation acquired by Pierre Foucher in 1793. Several of the massive oak trees from...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • historic

Brian Mortensen

    Emily Carr House

    Submitted by @Ritterton.

    Submitted by @Ritterton.

      The Site of Tyburn Tree

      Submitted by @Ritterton.

      Submitted by @Ritterton.

        This Deck Built in Memory of Bill Norton Nu '60

          Paul Boüet Laffitte (1746-circa 1815)

          The progenitor of the Laffitte family in northwest Louisiana was born in Pouyroquelaure, Gascony, France on March 4, 1746 to Francois Jean Boüet and Marie de Laffitte. He immigrated to Louisiana...

          The progenitor of the Laffitte family in northwest Louisiana was born in Pouyroquelaure, Gascony, France on March 4, 1746 to Francois Jean Boüet and Marie de Laffitte. He immigrated to Louisiana...

          • louisiana
          • settler

          Church of the Holy Apostles

          Built on this site in 1856 for the Bayou Pierre community by Fr. Jean Pierre, a native of Lanloup, France, who died a martyr to his charity in the 1873 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Shreveport.

          Built on this site in 1856 for the Bayou Pierre community by Fr. Jean Pierre, a native of Lanloup, France, who died a martyr to his charity in the 1873 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Shreveport.

          • louisiana
          • church
          • catholic