Donaldsonville #2
Made capital of Louisiana in 1830; Legislature met from January 4 to March 16 and reconvened in 1831. In 1848 the old State House, located across from this site, was razed, and its bricks used...
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Francis T. Nicholls 1834-1912
On the site directly across from this marker Francis T. Nicholls — Confederate General, Governor and Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court — was born and reared.
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Bicentennial Jazz Plaza
Jazz developed at the turn of the 20th century in south Louisiana and was born from a combination of musical traditions: work songs, spirituals, blues, and ragtime. From the early days of...
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Walter Lemann, Sr. Pumping Station, Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District - 1955
This facility is dedicated to the memory of Walter Lemann, Sr. (1879-1952) a citizen of Donaldsonville whose untiring efforts to restore a flow of fresh water to Bayou Lafourche continued from...
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Dr. King's Last Flight
DR. KING’S LAST FLIGHT On April 3, 1968, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a pivotal leader in the Modern Civil Rights Movement, landed at Memphis Metropolitan Airport for what would...
Plough Boulevard
PLOUGH BOULEVARD PLOUGH BOULVARD, THE AIRPORT CONNECTOR ROAD, IS NAMED FOR AND DEDICATED IN HONOR OF ONE OF MEMPHIS’ LEADING CITIZENS AND PHILANTHROPISTS, ABE PLOUGH. THE LANDSCAPING...
"City of Memphis" B-29
THE “CITY OF MEMPHIS” B-29 DID ITS SHARE John J. “Jim” Handwerker – Pilot TO WIN THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC THIRTEEN OTHER PILOTS AND THEIR CREWMEN HELPED MAKE IT HAPPEN TOO Jack T.Billings Ray...
4th Ferrying Group
4th Ferrying Group, Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, United States Army Air Force Memphis, Tennessee 1942-1946 Delivered Aircraft & Supplies all over the world Dedicated to members of the...
Lt. Col. Weathers
Lt. Col. Luke Joseph Weathers, Jr. December 16, 1920 – October 15, 2011 Tuskegee Airman, FAA Air Traffic Control Specialist, and Memphis Civil Rights Pioneer Luke Joseph Weathers, Jr. moved to...
Plaque of the Mission Hill Brewery
North Berkeley Congregational (Grace North) Church
NORTH BERKELEY CONGREGATIONAL (GRACE NORTH) CHURCH James W. Plachek, Architect, 1913 When architect James Plachek was hired at the age of 29 to design this church, it was his first major...
De Soto House
The De Soto House OPENED IN APRIL, 1855, THE FIVE- STORY 240 ROOM DE SOTO HOUSE WAS “THE LARGEST AND MOST LUXURIOUS HOTEL IN THE WEST.” ABRAHAM LINCOLN SPOKE FROM ITS BALCONY IN 1856 AND...
Ulysses S. Grant Home National Historical Landmark
ULYSSES S. GRANT HOME HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A REGISTERED NATIONAL HISTORICAL LANDMARK UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE HISTORIC SIES ACT OF AUGUST 21, 1935 THIS SITE POSSESSES EXCEPTIONAL VALUE...
Julie Dent Grant - First Lady
JULIA DENT GRANT FIRST LADY 1869-1877 Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers
Julia Dent Grant
JULIA DENT GRANT Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers
HOME OF GENERAL AND 18TH PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT
HOME OF GENERAL AND 18TH PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT 500 BOUTHILLIER STREET GALENA, ILLINOIS Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers
Bayougoula Indians
The Bayougoula Indians were some of the first Native Americans the French met in Louisiana. As Iberville and Bienville made their way up the Mississippi River, they came to a Bayougoula village...
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Sir Allen Lane
Sir Allen Lane 1902 - 1970 Publisher was inspired to create Penguin Books at this station in 1934 Submitted by @Katherine_McDon
Luke Howard, Namer of Clouds
Submitted by @urbigenous
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