Thank You To Those Who Made This Memorial Possible
JOHN WINTHROP JR, BLAST FURNACE
JOHN WINTHROP, JR. BLAST FURNACE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AN HISTORICAL LANDMARK BY AMERICAN SOCIETY OF METALS IN 1644,JOHN WINTHROP JR, BUILT THE FIRST COMMERCIAL BLAST IRON FURNACE IN AMERICA AT...
Bunkie Depot Museum
The Texas and Pacific Railway established a station on the main line at Bunkie in 1882. The current depot, built in 1911 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is the...
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- bunkie
- avoyelles parish
- railroad
- jefferson highway
Junction City
Founded 1894at the junction of2 states, 1 county,2 parishes,and 3 congressional districts.
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Old Rapides Cemetery
As settlers moved into central Louisiana in the mid-1700s, thecolonial Spanish government established a post named El Rapido, alsocalled Poste du Rapide by local French settlers.During the same...
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- pineville
- cemetery
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St. John The Baptist Cemetery
ST. JOHN the BAPTIST CEMETERYESTABLISHED 1772WELCOME TO THIS HOLY PLACE.THE CATHOLIC CEMETERY IS THE LAST RESTINGPLACE OF THE BODIES OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTEDAWAITING REUNION WITH THEIR SOULS AT...
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- cemetery
- catholic
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Po' Henry and Tookie
Henry Dorsey & Marlan Tookie Collom first met while working on a cotton farm, their mutual love for old time delta blues made them friends for life. As the duo Po'Henry and Tookie, they played New...
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- rayville
- blues
- delta blues
- music
Richard A. Lewis Memorial
This plaque is placed here by the Town of Dubach, the Dubach Revitalization Coalition, and Drabo to honor the memory of Richard A. "Dickie Lewis and to show appreciation for his generosity to...
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- dubach
- citizen memorial
- town square