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GIROD HOUSE ERECTED IN 1814BYNICHOLAS GIROD THE TWO STORY WING FACING ST. LOUIS STREET WAS BUILT BY HIS BROTHER, CLAUD FRANCOIS GIROD, ABOUT 1797. NICHOLAS GIROD WAS THE MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS...
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Site of first public school for People of Color in Opelousas. Also known as St. Landry Parish Training school. School constructed on property donated by the City of Opelousas in 1918. Sponsored...
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LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN Traveled on by Iberville, 1699 and named for the French Minister of Marine. Indians called it Okwa-ta, wide water. First port of embarka-tion was at the site where Bayou...
GRAND COTEAU Early and important center of Catholic education. Noted for its Creole architecture. Town developed around Academy of Sacred Heart, founded in 1921, and St. Charles Jesuit College,...
LIVONIA MOUNDS Three mound complex built between 700 AD and 1200 AD by the Coles Creek Culture.The largest mound is almost 31 feet tall. The mounds are believed to have likely served as a burial...
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