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Pearl Rivers

The summer home of George and Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, known locally as "Fort" Nicholson, was located here. Better known as "Pearl Rivers", Eliza Nicholson (1849-1896) was a poet, writer, and publisher of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Innovative and fiscally savvy, she was one of the first female publishers in the US.

 

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