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Lodwrick Monroe Cook Education Auditorium

Native Louisianan, international business leader, tireless champion of humanitarian causes, Lodwrick M. Cook has contributed greatly to the creation of Louisiana's center for political and governmental history.Lod Cook was born in Casstor, LA., June 17, 1928 and raised in Grand Cane. He attended Louisiana State University, receiving Bachelor Degrees in mathematics in 1950 and...

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Emigrant Trail

This plaque is on a tree next to a mellow ski run off the Christmas Tree lift at Sugar Bowl, California. It reads: "Emigrant Trail 1846 / Here at Emigrant Meadow was a spring where the emigrants...

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Battle of the Blankets

In 1702 a decisive battle took place along the nearby Flint River. Nine hundred Apalachees, in league with the Spanish, fought here against English traders and five hundred of their Creek allies....

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