On September 21, 1779

Fort Adams

Twenty mi. west, called Davion's Rock by French. Loftus Heights by British. U.S. Fort, 1798, named for John Adams. "Man Without a Country," Phillip Nolan was once stationed here.

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Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge

State Project No. 5403. Unit No. 1. Federal Aid Project No. 173-F. Designed and built by Louisiana Highway Commission and U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. 1934-1935. State Of Louisiana O.K. Allen, Governor.

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City of Kenner

Named for Kenner brothers George R., Minor, Duncan Farrar, & William Butler, who acquired Oakland, Pasture, & Belle Grove plantations, 1830s-40s. Area subdivided in 1855 as Kennerville...

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Lafreniere Plantation

Part of the concession in 1720 by Governor Bienville to father of Nicholas Chauvin LaFreniere, Attorney-General of Louisiana for the years 1763 until 1769. Leader of the revolt against Spanish...

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Grave of Oliver Pollock

Pollock, an Irish merchant in Spanish New Orleans, served in that city as Commercial Agent for the Continental Congress & helped finance the American Revolution with his fortune. He died...

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Parks / Atwood House

Stuart Feed Store

George W. Parks General Merchandise Store

Woodville

Chartered in 1811. Was Jefferson Davis' boyhood home. Gen. Poindexter lived here. West Feleciana R.R., begun by Edward McGehee in 1831. was first in state and second in Miss. Valley.

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Beth Israel Synagogue

In 1876, the Woodville Hebrew Education Association constructed a small frame synagogue on this site that later became the Beth Israel Congregation. Emanuel Rosenfelder served as the first rabbi....