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The Gunboat Diana

Embedded in the banks of Bayou Teche to the east of this site and visible from here are the boilers of the gunboat Diana. Originally a Federal vessel operating on the lower Teche, it was captured...

Embedded in the banks of Bayou Teche to the east of this site and visible from here are the boilers of the gunboat Diana. Originally a Federal vessel operating on the lower Teche, it was captured...

  • louisiana
  • civil war

Battle of Irish Bend

April 14, 1863 Also called by the Confederates the battle of Nerson's Woods or Franklin. In the Teche campaign the Federals followed the retreating Confederates from Bisland. Units of the Federal...

April 14, 1863 Also called by the Confederates the battle of Nerson's Woods or Franklin. In the Teche campaign the Federals followed the retreating Confederates from Bisland. Units of the...

  • louisiana
  • civil war

Franklin's Historic Lampposts

he original lampposts and neutral ground project began in 1915 under Mayor Charles Lauve. A 1916 ordinance prohibited chickens from walking on the boulevards, and "Do Not Hitch" appears on each...

he original lampposts and neutral ground project began in 1915 under Mayor Charles Lauve. A 1916 ordinance prohibited chickens from walking on the boulevards, and "Do Not Hitch" appears on...

  • louisiana

Hwy 40 Scenic Bypass -- Soda Springs Hotel

    St. Joseph Cemetery

    This cemetery was established in circa 1817 on the site of the original St. Joseph Church, a mission of Assumption. The Calvary - Grotto Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, erected in 1883 still stands...

    This cemetery was established in circa 1817 on the site of the original St. Joseph Church, a mission of Assumption. The Calvary - Grotto Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, erected in 1883 still stands...

    • louisiana
    • cemetery

    Battle of Bisland

    April 12-13, 1863. General Nathaniel P. Bank’s Union army attacked Gen. Dick Taylor’s Confederate forces entrenched at Fort Bisland. Confederates repulsed each attack, but post evacuated when...

    April 12-13, 1863. General Nathaniel P. Bank’s Union army attacked Gen. Dick Taylor’s Confederate forces entrenched at Fort Bisland. Confederates repulsed each attack, but post evacuated...

    • louisiana
    • civil war

    Donelson Caffery

    (1835-1906) Site of home of Donelson Caffery, courageous soldier of the Confederacy; distinguished lawyer and sugar planter of St. Mary Parish; able and uncompromising member of United States...

    (1835-1906) Site of home of Donelson Caffery, courageous soldier of the Confederacy; distinguished lawyer and sugar planter of St. Mary Parish; able and uncompromising member of United States...

    • louisiana

    Donner Summit Bridge

    DONNER SVMMIT BRIDGE DEDICATED TO THE PIONEERS WHO BLAZED THE OVERLAND TRAIL THROUGH THESE MOUNTAINS  BVILT BY THE U.S. BVREAV OF PVBLIC ROADS AND THE 1926 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY COMMISSION 1926 THIS...

    DONNER SVMMIT BRIDGE DEDICATED TO THE PIONEERS WHO BLAZED THE OVERLAND TRAIL THROUGH THESE MOUNTAINS  BVILT BY THE U.S. BVREAV OF PVBLIC ROADS AND THE 1926 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY COMMISSION...

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    • 1926
    • bridge
    • summit
    • donner

    1926 Donner Summit Bridge Restored1995

    1926 DONNER SUMMIT BRIDGERESTORED 1995 REDIDICATED AUGUST 22, 1996NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL LANDMARK COMMISSION The original plaque is located at the Donner Summit Historical Society.

    1926 DONNER SUMMIT BRIDGERESTORED 1995 REDIDICATED AUGUST 22, 1996NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL LANDMARK COMMISSION The original plaque is located at the Donner Summit Historical Society.

    • donner
    • bridge
    • soda springs

    Morgan's Bar & Lounge

    Morgan's Bar Donated by John Lineweaver  Renovated by Daniel Zimmerlin  With the support and help of the Members and Staff of the Berkeley City Club and Conservancy 2018 Photo credit: Madison August

    Morgan's Bar Donated by John Lineweaver  Renovated by Daniel Zimmerlin  With the support and help of the Members and Staff of the Berkeley City Club and Conservancy 2018 Photo credit: Madison August

    • berkeley
    • julia morgan
    • 2018