Louisiana Orphan Train Museum
In 2009, a former century old Union Pacific freight depot was restored to become the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum. Opelousas was one of the many railway destinations for thousands of...
- louisiana
Venus House
The Venus House was the first building to be relocated to Le Vieux Village in 1973. This French Creole style home was donated by the Earl Fontenot family. The home was originally located in...
- louisiana
Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College
Established May 13, 1871, as Alcorn Univ. of Miss on site of Oakland College. Hiram Revels, first president. Reorganized 1878 and Alcorn A.&M. Oldest land-grant college for Negroes in the United States.
- mississippi
- african-american
- education
Union Church
Settled,1806, by Scotch Presbyterians, whose Gaelic speech long survived. Rev. C.W. Grafton served as minister in area 61 years. Site where Grierson's raid was checked, April 28, 1863.
- mississipi
- church
Laurel Hill Plantation
Ca. 1815. Located almost one mile southwest, Laurel Hill is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. A single approach leads from the primary road one-fourth mile toward Rodney down...
- mississippi
Dr. Rush Nutt - (1781-1837)
Dr. Rush Nutt, who built Laurel Hill Plantation about 1815, is known for his agricultural and scientific study for initiating improvements in agricultural implements and techniques and for...
- mississippi
Old Town of Rodney - Structures
Old Rodney Presbyterian Church, dedicated in 1832, is located north on Commerce Street at Church Street intersection. Also on Commerce Street at the south edge of town is Sacred Heart...
- mississippi
- ghost town
Old Town of Rodney
Incorporated in 1828, Rodney was noted for its high level of culture, county fairs and business activity. Rodney once contained two banks, two newspapers, 500 people and 35 stores....
- mississippi
- ghost town
Old Rodney to Bruinsburg Road
Old early nineteenth century road was one of two connecting the old town of Rodney with Claiborne County settlements. Composed of loess soil, the roadbed and roadside bluffs remain today much...
- mississippi
Elizabeth Morris, Morris Animal Refuge
TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZABETH MORRIS FOUNDER AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE MORRIS ANIMAL REFUGE FOR HOMELESS AND SUFFERING ANIMALS 1874-1907 THE FIRST INSTITUTION FOR RECEIVING HOMELESS...
- morris
- homeless animals
- suffering animals