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...
- 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.
- louisiana
- church
- catholic
Rock Chapel
Built in 1891 by the Carmelite Order. 2007 by Susan Constant Chapter National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century.
- louisiana
- chapel
- nscdxvii
Pine Crest Cemetery
Located on the highest elevation of Atlanta, the first two acres of this site were formally deeded to the city for cemetery use by Preston Rose Scott in 1887. The earliest marked grave, that of...
- texas
- cemetery
- cass county
Methodist Episcopal Church of Douglassville
Area Methodists established a church on this site in 1856, shortly after the founding of Douglassville. It replaced arbors and campgrounds as the center of worship, and was first served by circuit...
- texas
- church
- cass county
Douglassville Baptist Church
This church was organized in 1869 by 14 charter members and two elders. Services of all faiths were generally held in a school building in that era. The congregation erected its first...
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- church
- cass county
- baptist
Douglassville Baptist Church
This church was organized in 1869 by 14 charter members and two elders. Services of all faiths were generally held in a school building in that era. The congregation erected its first...
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- church
- cass county
- baptist
Douglassville Cemetery
Williamson Petty (1820-1867),Sulphur River ferryman, donated land for this cemetery from a claim which he settled in 1850. Col. John C. Douglass (1818-63), from Georgia, bought in 1855 all of the...
- texas
- cemetery
- cass county
Miss Rose's Bar
Miss Rose's Bar, designed and sculpted by local artist Al Lavergne, was displayed at the 1984 World's Fair held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Miss Rose's Bar is a symbolic representation and tribute...
- louisiana
- lafayette
- art
- sculpture. metalwork
Site of Epperson's Ferry
At this crossing, constructed by nature and used by Caddo Indians, early French and Spanish explorers and travelers over Trammel's Trace, 1815, 1830, Mark Epperson before 1837 established ferry...
- texas
- historic site
- 1936
Maud United Methodist Church
Organized as a mission by the Rev. Thomas Jefferson Milam of Old Boston, on farm of Jesse M. Ball, Three Springs community, Aug. 10, 1874. Original meetinghouse was built immediately on Ball's...
- texas
- church
- bowie county
Redwater
The first community in this area was Mooresville (2. mi. E. ), settled in 1840 by the Charles Moores (1776-1852) family. It had disappeared before this town grew up near the Daniels and Spence...
- texas
- community
- bowie county
Old Harrison Chapel
Cemetery for Old Harrison Chapel Founded 1840 by Republic of Texas Pioneers Charles Moores (1776-1852) and wife, Mary Harrison. Extinct all- faiths chapel, where circuit riders served, named for...
- texas
- cemetery
- bowie county
- settlement
Isaac C. Perkins
1787-1851 Isaac C. Perkins was the founder of the city of Nashville and the Mine Creek Baptist Church which later became the First Baptist Church of Nashville. He was the first president of...
- arkansas
- settlement
- church
- howard county
Howard County, Arkansas
Howard County was created on April 17, 1873, from parts of Hempstead, Pike, Polk, and Sevier counties. The first county seat was Centre Point. After the completion of a railroad to Nashville...
- arkansas
- settlement
- howard county
Greek Ampitheater
Constructed in 1925 to seat 3,500 people, the Greek Theater was once the site of academic convocations, rallies, pageants, and commencement exercises. The area behind the stage, which students...
- louisiana
- lsu
- education
Dooky Chase's Restaurant History
Opened in 1941 by Emily and Edgar "Dooky" Chase, Sr. Dooky Chase's Restaurant became known as the meeting place for advancement of the Civil Rights movement in New Orleans. After the marriage...
- louisiana
- civil rights
John Wesley Huddleston
"Diamond Jim" 1860-1936 The first diamonds found in Pike County, Arkansas were discovered in August 1906 by John Wesley Huddleston. These stones were sent to Charles S. Stifft, a Little Rock...
- arkansas
- crater of diamonds
- natural resources
James "Diamond Jim" Archer
James Archer prospected diamonds for 30 years, almost full time since his retirement in 1987. During that time he found over 5,000 diamonds and helped countless others enjoy and understand...
- arkansas
- crater of diamonds
- natural resources
- arkansas state park