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Livermore War Memorials

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    Honoring the Farmers of the Puyallup Valley

      Gramercy Park Historic District

      • ruggles
      • 1831
      • friends

      The First Atlantic Cable

      CYRUS WEST FIELD  BORN NOV 30 1819 - DIED JULY 12 1993 HERE FOR FORTY YEARS WAS HIS HOME AND HERE THE PLANS WERE MADE FOR THE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLE LAID IN 1858 

        Residence Plantation

        Queen Anne Revival style house built in 1898 by Roberta Volumnia Barrow Slatter. Constructed using materials from a house built on same site in 1854 by her parents noted Louisiana planter...

        • louisiana
        • plantation

        Highland Cemetery

        Oldest surviving cemetery in Baton Rouge. Dedicated by George Garig as a burial ground in 1813 and deeded to St. Joseph Roman Catholic Parish in 1819. This cemetery holds the remains of American...

        • louisiana
        • cemetery

        Bayou Paul Colored School

        Established by the United Sons and Daughters Benevolent Society, the Bayou Paul Colored School provided elementary education for African-American children in the Bayou Paul community and served...

        • louisiana
        • education
        • african american

        LA Providence (1)

        Concession 1720's-1730'sOn the old Chemin de la MetairieBirthplaceJacques Phillipe Roi de Villeré1761-1830First native born Governor ofLouisiana 1816-1820

        • louisiana

        LA Providence (2)

        Concession 1720's-1730's.On the old Chemin de la Metairie Concession, later became Sauvé Plantation, site of Mississippi River crevassé which flooded New Orleans in 1849. 

        • louisiana

        Tchoupitoulas Plantation

        Site of plantation acquired in 1808 by Joseph Soniat du Fossat. Visited by Governor William C.C. Claiborne and, legend says, privateer Jean Lafitte. "Chapitoulas" Indians, whose name means "river...

        • louisiana
        • plantation