Wedell - Williams Airport Site
During 1930-42 this airport operated passenger, charter, and mail service and a flying school. The company of James R. Wedell and Harry P. Williams designed, built and flew some of the...
- louisiana
- aviation
Labarre Road
Named for the de La Barre family. François Pascalis de La Barre I, a noted colonial official, owned a river-to-lake tract in 1750. Further family holdings, by 1800's, made Metairie...
- louisiana
Chartier Concession
Pierre Chartier de Baulne, French Louisiana attorney general in 1719, held the earliest land grant at the former village of the Colapissas on Chapitoulas (Metairie) Road. His family...
- louisiana
City of Metairie Ridge
A 12-square-mile area incorporated as a village in June 1927 and as a city one month later. Charles P. Aicklen, Sr., mayor, introduced natural gas service, July 1928. Gambling was flourishing,...
- louisiana
Allard Plantation
Plantation of Louis Allard was purchased by his grandfather, Don Santiago Lorreins in 1770's from estate of Francisco Hery, called Duplanty, builder of the first Cabildo Building in N.O. in...
- louisiana
- new orleans
Fort St. John (Spanish Fort)
Established by Colonial French in the early 18th centuryRebuilt by the Spanish-1779American restoration-1808Built to protect New Orleans from attack by way of Lake Pontchartrain.
- louisiana
- fort
Charles U. Taylor
Riverside Historic District
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The Rope Walk
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The Hopewell Flag
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Centro Pastral de La Placita
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Samuel Hill Bridge
Felipe De Neve
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Ashby Station
Patrick Ferguson
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Marion Scutter Griffinca. 1879-1957
Marion Scudder Griffin, although qualified, was refused a Tennessee law license for seven years solely because she was a woman. In 1907, she became the first woman attorney in Tennessee after she...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Memphis Belle Memorial
The Memphis Belle, a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress, was one of 12,731 B-17s (heavy bombers) built under the direction of the Boeing Aircraft Company. With a crew of ten, the aircraft was among the...
- shelby county
- tennessee
John Madden
Eugene Magevney
Born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, 1798; immigrated to the United States, 1828; settled in Memphis, 1833. His home was the scene of three important religious occasions in Memphis: first Catholic...
- shelby county
- tennessee
333 N. Michigan
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