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The Hill Fort of Populonia

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In Memory of the Sailors

Piazza Fratelli Serini  Alla memoria del marinai Otto Serini nato a San Vincenzo   il 12-9-1920 Imbarcato sul sommergibile "Fluutto", Disperso il 6 Agosto 1943   'Ernesto Serini nato a San...

Piazza Fratelli Serini  Alla memoria del marinai Otto Serini nato a San Vincenzo   il 12-9-1920 Imbarcato sul sommergibile "Fluutto", Disperso il 6 Agosto 1943   'Ernesto Serini nato a...

    Golden Grove Plantation

     On this site from 1817 to 1880 the Shepherd and Hooke families operated a large sugar plantation, part of which became Gramercy, LA, in 1895. The Greek Revival plantation house was lost to the...

     On this site from 1817 to 1880 the Shepherd and Hooke families operated a large sugar plantation, part of which became Gramercy, LA, in 1895. The Greek Revival plantation house was lost to...

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    • plantation

    Convent

      Settled in 1722-1739 as BaronNow parish seat St. James ParishSt. Michael's Church 1809Site of St. Michael's ConventOrder of the Sacred Heart1825-1932Site of Jefferson College1831-1931

      Settled in 1722-1739 as BaronNow parish seat St. James ParishSt. Michael's Church 1809Site of St. Michael's ConventOrder of the Sacred Heart1825-1932Site of Jefferson College1831-1931

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    Colonial Sugars Refinery

    Founded in 1895 by group of financiers from Gramercy Park, New York on a site called "Faubourg Lapin". First operated as a sugar mill to process sugar cane from Golden Grove Plantation. A refinery...

    Founded in 1895 by group of financiers from Gramercy Park, New York on a site called "Faubourg Lapin". First operated as a sugar mill to process sugar cane from Golden Grove Plantation. A refinery...

      Gramercy

      Incorporated November, 1947, located partly on Indian-French settlement & trading post site. In 1739 much of this area was sold to Joseph Delille Dupart, a Commissioner of Indian Nations under...

      Incorporated November, 1947, located partly on Indian-French settlement & trading post site. In 1739 much of this area was sold to Joseph Delille Dupart, a Commissioner of Indian Nations...

        “Vacherie de Grande Pointe”

        This area, a ridge, extends from Convent through Gramercy and ends at Grande Pointe in the rear. On this ridge, the world’s supply of a unique crop, Perique tobacco, is grown, processed and...

        This area, a ridge, extends from Convent through Gramercy and ends at Grande Pointe in the rear. On this ridge, the world’s supply of a unique crop, Perique tobacco, is grown, processed and...

          Lutcher

          Established 1891 by H.J. Lutcher, co-owner of Lutcher & Moore Cypress Lumber Co. The town, incorporated in 1912, grew around the sawmill built on the plantation of Pierre Chenet, developer of...

          Established 1891 by H.J. Lutcher, co-owner of Lutcher & Moore Cypress Lumber Co. The town, incorporated in 1912, grew around the sawmill built on the plantation of Pierre Chenet, developer of...

            Site Familial des Bourgeois

            Parmi les premiers Acadiens exilés en Louisiane arrivèrent ici en 1765 onze familles Bourgeois. Site de terrains accordés en 1803 à la Veuve Jean Bourgeois et fils dont des descendants y vivent encore.

            Parmi les premiers Acadiens exilés en Louisiane arrivèrent ici en 1765 onze familles Bourgeois. Site de terrains accordés en 1803 à la Veuve Jean Bourgeois et fils dont des descendants y vivent encore.

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            Bourgeois Homeplace

            Among the first Acadian exiles to Louisiana, eleven Bourgeois families settled this area in 1765. Site of lands granted 1803 to Widow Jean Bourgeois and sons. Bourgeois descendants still live on-site.

            Among the first Acadian exiles to Louisiana, eleven Bourgeois families settled this area in 1765. Site of lands granted 1803 to Widow Jean Bourgeois and sons. Bourgeois descendants still live on-site.

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            Leopoldo The Second slept here

            Plaque reads: Le A.A. L.L.  I.I. E  R.R. L' Arciduca  Gran Duca Leopoldo secondo ed Il di lui figlio Arciduca Ferdinando Principe ereditario della Toscana  onorarono dinloro R. presenza la sera ...

            Plaque reads: Le A.A. L.L.  I.I. E  R.R. L' Arciduca  Gran Duca Leopoldo secondo ed Il di lui figlio Arciduca Ferdinando Principe ereditario della Toscana  onorarono dinloro R. presenza la sera ...

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            Livermore Town Hall Jail and Firehouse

            LIVERMORE TOWN HALL JAIL AND FIREHOUSE BUILT 1875, THIS BUILDING WAS FIRST A HOTEL THEN THE LIVERMORE VALLEY BANK. IT WAS THE LIVERMORE TOWN HALL FROM 1905 TO 1957. THE JAIL WAS IN THE REAR, AND...

            LIVERMORE TOWN HALL JAIL AND FIREHOUSE BUILT 1875, THIS BUILDING WAS FIRST A HOTEL THEN THE LIVERMORE VALLEY BANK. IT WAS THE LIVERMORE TOWN HALL FROM 1905 TO 1957. THE JAIL WAS IN THE REAR, AND...

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            Cathedral-Carmel School

            Established in 1846. A combination of Mount Carmel Academy and Cathedral School. Operated by The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Parish in the Diocese of Lafayette. Affiliated with the...

            Established in 1846. A combination of Mount Carmel Academy and Cathedral School. Operated by The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Parish in the Diocese of Lafayette. Affiliated with the...

              Battle of Georgia Landing

              October 27, 1862 First major battle fought along Bayou Lafourche during the War Between the States. Marching from Donaldsonville Union forces under General Weitzel (8th NH, 12th & 13th CT)...

              October 27, 1862 First major battle fought along Bayou Lafourche during the War Between the States. Marching from Donaldsonville Union forces under General Weitzel (8th NH, 12th & 13th CT)...

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              • u.s. civil war

              Israel Baptist School (1872-1942)

              In 1872, Reverend Osborne Dickerson and the First Israel B. C. congregation organized the Baptist Church School on this site to provide formal education for African American children. In 1877,...

              In 1872, Reverend Osborne Dickerson and the First Israel B. C. congregation organized the Baptist Church School on this site to provide formal education for African American children. In...

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              • african americans
              • education

              St. Mary's Chapel

              Built in 1875 by the Marist Fathers. Reestablished from original St. Marie du Fleuve located on White Hall Plantation. Statues transferred from rectory at Ancient Domain Plantation during...

              Built in 1875 by the Marist Fathers. Reestablished from original St. Marie du Fleuve located on White Hall Plantation. Statues transferred from rectory at Ancient Domain Plantation during...

                Manuel Garcia Adobe

                MANUEL GARCIA ADOBE  Built in the 1840's by Manuel Garcia, a Portuguese merchant, this is the only surviving Monterey style adobe in Orange County. Owned by the Oyharzabal family since 1880,...

                MANUEL GARCIA ADOBE  Built in the 1840's by Manuel Garcia, a Portuguese merchant, this is the only surviving Monterey style adobe in Orange County. Owned by the Oyharzabal family since...

                  C.C. Bryant

                  Elected president of the Pike County branch of the NAACP in 1954, Curtis Conway Bryant (1917-2001) played a major role in early civil rights activism of southwest Mississippi. He campaigned to...

                  Elected president of the Pike County branch of the NAACP in 1954, Curtis Conway Bryant (1917-2001) played a major role in early civil rights activism of southwest Mississippi. He campaigned to...

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                  • civil rights
                  • african american

                  Plaisance School

                  Plaisance School was built in 1921 at a total cost of $4,500.00. Funds for construction were donated by Julius Rosenwald Fund - $1,200.00; the Plaisance black community - $3,100.00; and the St....

                  Plaisance School was built in 1921 at a total cost of $4,500.00. Funds for construction were donated by Julius Rosenwald Fund - $1,200.00; the Plaisance black community - $3,100.00; and the...

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                  • education

                  McComb

                  Chartered 1872. Named for Col. H.S. McComb, I.C. Ry. president who established shops here. J.J.White Lumber Co. set-up 1893. McComb Female Inst., est. 1894, now Belhaven College.

                  Chartered 1872. Named for Col. H.S. McComb, I.C. Ry. president who established shops here. J.J.White Lumber Co. set-up 1893. McComb Female Inst., est. 1894, now Belhaven College.

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