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Pleasanton Veterans Plaza

    Port Sulphur

    Hub of the Louisiana sulphur industry. Built in 1932-33 by Freeport Sulphur Company to logistically support Grand Ecaille mine, world's second largest Frasch sulphur mine. It was located in Lake...

    Hub of the Louisiana sulphur industry. Built in 1932-33 by Freeport Sulphur Company to logistically support Grand Ecaille mine, world's second largest Frasch sulphur mine. It was located in Lake...

    • louisiana
    • mining
    • industry
    • town

    Plaquemines Parish

    Plaquemines Parish was founded on March 31, 1807 stretching from English Turn south 100 miles along both banks of the Mississippi River. The name originates from plakamin, the Mobile Indian word...

    Plaquemines Parish was founded on March 31, 1807 stretching from English Turn south 100 miles along both banks of the Mississippi River. The name originates from plakamin, the Mobile Indian...

    • louisiana
    • plaquemines parish

    U.S. Marine Hospital

    Completed in 1849, this three-story building treatedsailors until abandoned after the 1858 Belle Crevasse.During the War Between the States, gunpowder wasmanufactured at the site and arson was...

    Completed in 1849, this three-story building treatedsailors until abandoned after the 1858 Belle Crevasse.During the War Between the States, gunpowder wasmanufactured at the site and arson was...

    • louisiana
    • civil war
    • hospital

    1893 Hurricane

    The 1893 Hurricane hit south Louisiana on the night of October 1 claiming over 2000 lives. One of the survivors was 25 year old Paul Harris who was working as an orange picker on the Pizzati...

    The 1893 Hurricane hit south Louisiana on the night of October 1 claiming over 2000 lives. One of the survivors was 25 year old Paul Harris who was working as an orange picker on the...

    • louisiana
    • hurricane
    • disaster
    • rotary club
    • rotary international

    John P. Hale

    THE MEASURE OF MY AMBITION WILL BE FULL WHEN WY WIFE AND CHILDREN SHALL REPAIR TO MY GRAVE TO DROP THE TEAR OF AFFECTION TO MY MEMORY THEY MAY READ ON MY TOMBSTONE. HE WHO LIES BENEATH SURRENDERED...

    THE MEASURE OF MY AMBITION WILL BE FULL WHEN WY WIFE AND CHILDREN SHALL REPAIR TO MY GRAVE TO DROP THE TEAR OF AFFECTION TO MY MEMORY THEY MAY READ ON MY TOMBSTONE. HE WHO LIES BENEATH...

      Pioneer Cairn Plaza

      The Pioneer Cairn Plaza The Dominion Land Survey of 1869 providedan organized method of legally diving thevast expanses of the Canadian West. Thetownship consisting of 36 sections wasthe base unit...

      The Pioneer Cairn Plaza The Dominion Land Survey of 1869 providedan organized method of legally diving thevast expanses of the Canadian West. Thetownship consisting of 36 sections wasthe base unit...

      • saskatoon
      • pioneer
      • cairn
      • yxe
      • dominionlandsurvey

      Lafayette's Tour, NY

        Olivier Plantation House & St. Mary's Orphanage

        Located on this site from ca. 1820 to 1949 stood the original David Olivier creole-style plantation house. It was purchased by The New Orleans Catholic Association for the Relief of Male Orphans...

        Located on this site from ca. 1820 to 1949 stood the original David Olivier creole-style plantation house. It was purchased by The New Orleans Catholic Association for the Relief of Male Orphans...

        • louisiana
        • new orleans
        • religion
        • plantation

        Basin Street

        Buried in the ground beneath in the ground beneath our feet and embodied in the architecture reaching toward the sky are the remnants of New Orleans' history. The Basin Street area is no...

        Buried in the ground beneath in the ground beneath our feet and embodied in the architecture reaching toward the sky are the remnants of New Orleans' history. The Basin Street area is no...

        • louisiana
        • new orleans

        Dooky Chase's Restaurant

        Making Rights Real - Louisiana Civil Rights Trail    Dooky Chase's Restaurant gained notoriety as a safe place where people of all races could sit down to meet and discuss strategies for the Civil...

        Making Rights Real - Louisiana Civil Rights Trail    Dooky Chase's Restaurant gained notoriety as a safe place where people of all races could sit down to meet and discuss strategies for the Civil...

        • louisiana
        • new orleans
        • civil rights
        • restaurant

        McDonogh 19 Elementary School

        Making Rights Real - Louisiana Civil Rights Trail      On November 14, 1960, three six-year-old girls-Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost and Gail Etienne- integrated McDonogh 19. Known as the "McDonogh...

        Making Rights Real - Louisiana Civil Rights Trail      On November 14, 1960, three six-year-old girls-Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost and Gail Etienne- integrated McDonogh 19. Known as the...

        • louisiana
        • new orleans
        • lower ninth ward
        • civil rights
        • education

        Black Yankees and The Sea

        PORTSMOUTH Black Heritage Trail Black Yankees and The Sea People of African-origin or descent have been part of Portsmouth since at least 1645. This waterfront was an entry port for enslaved...

        PORTSMOUTH Black Heritage Trail Black Yankees and The Sea People of African-origin or descent have been part of Portsmouth since at least 1645. This waterfront was an entry port for enslaved...

          In Memory of Sam and Mira Kon

            Mariam K. Altman

              Beebe Building

                The Ohio State Reformatory

                  The Cradle of Professional Football

                    Saint Tikhon

                    SAINT TIKHON RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ARCHBISHOP OF NORTH AMERICA 1898-1907 CONSECRATED & LIVED IN ST. NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL. ELECTED PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW IN 1917. WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2020 647 13

                    SAINT TIKHON RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ARCHBISHOP OF NORTH AMERICA 1898-1907 CONSECRATED & LIVED IN ST. NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL. ELECTED PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW IN 1917. WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2020 647 13

                      Major "Dick" Bong

                      MAJOR "DICK" BONG "America's Ace of Aces". It was here that Major Richard Bong was born. received his education. and grew to manhood. After attending Superior State College where he received his...

                      MAJOR "DICK" BONG "America's Ace of Aces". It was here that Major Richard Bong was born. received his education. and grew to manhood. After attending Superior State College where he received his...

                      • wwii
                      • army air corp
                      • grew to manhood