The Casualties at Ditch Bayou
The battle at Ditch Bayou was a Federal effort to drive Confederates away from the Mississippi River, where the Confederates had been harassing Union shipping. Even though the Confederates...
- arkansas
- chicot county
- civil war
Hyner Cemetery
In MemoriamHyner Cemeteryestablished in 1898marks the site of those devout, courageous Italian immigrants who came to America in 1895 settling and working at Sunnyside Plantation and...
- arkansas
- chicot county
- cemetery
- immigrants
Gin Office
Many twentieth century commercial gins had a separate building, or office, for weighing cotton and record keeping. Every customers wagon was weighed upon entering (full of cotton) and when leaving...
- louisiana
- cotton
- farming
- agriculture
- museum
ROBERT EMMET
IN THE ROADWAY OPPOSITE THIS TABLET ROBERT EMMET DIED IN THE CAUSE OF IRISH FREEDOM 20th SEPTEMBER 1803 Submitted by @BigSnugALot
A Well Organized Society
Emerald Mound was the product of a complex society organized to serve and sustain the welfare of its people beginning eight centuries ago. Life revolved around family relationships and...
- mississippi
- native american
- mound
Still Sacred
Emerald Mound's size is impressive. Scholar James Barnett Jr. called it the region's "crowning mound-building achievement" of the Mississippian era (1,150 to 300 years ago). only a complex society...
- mississippi
- native american
- mound
A Remarkable Feat
Around 800 years ago, native peoples in this region began to transform a natural hill into what we call Emerald Mound They followed a visionary plan and built this flat-topped sacred mound...
- mississippi
- native american
- mound
N/TSW-7C Air Traffic Control Center - United States - 1979-2001
Type: Mobile Air Traffic Control TowerManufacturer: Craig Systems Corp. Helicop-Hut DivisionEquipment:HF/UHF/VHF communications, NAVAIDS and environmental monitoring, landlines, light guns,...
- louisiana
- military
- air traffic
Beech AT-11 "Kansan" - 1941-1945
Type: Twin Engine TrainerWeight: 9,300 lbsArmament: Two - .30 caliber machine guns used as gunnery trainerEngine: Two Pratt and Whitney R985 Radials, 450 hp eachMax Speed: 215 mphRange: 745...
- louisiana
- military
- air
- plane
Crown Metal Products Narrow Gauge Locomotive #2 "Sequoyah"
This locomotive represents the pinnacle of success for Crown Metal Products, one of America's largest producers of amusement park trains from the 1960s to the 1990s. The company was founded by...
- louisiana
- railroad
- train
- engine