St. Peter's Cemetery
Established Mar. 24, 1838. Interred here are F.H. Duperier, incorporator of New Iberia, U.S. Senators Robert & Edwin Broussard, Lt. Gov. Emile Verret, James Beddell, designer of "The Shadows," &...
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Livermore Town Jail
LIVERMORE TOWN JAIL BUILT 1923 Designed by prominent East Bay Architect, Henry H. Meyers Built by Pauly Jail Building Co. for $900 To prevent prisoner escapes, this concrete...
Relocation of Vidalia
"Vidalia, a City on the Move!" is the slogan which has, in recent years, signified a progressive town surging ever forward. But, in 1938, it meant something entirely different to Vidalians as...
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Sidney A. Murray, Jr., Hydroelectric Station
In 1990, construction of the largest prefabricated power plant in the world, the Sidney A. Murray, Jr., Hydroelectric Station, was completed 40 miles south of Vidalia. It was the vision of...
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Mississippi River - Vidalia Riverwalk
One of the longest rivers in North America, the Mississippi flows 2,340 miles from Lake Itasca, Minn., to the Gulf of Mexico 100 miles below New Orleans, and its floodplain encompasses more...
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The Bernard Bertrand Home
In 1883, the town of Rayne was incorporated and J.D. Bernard served as its first mayor. The Bernard residence stands today as one of Rayne's few remaining early structures. Originally located on...
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St. Alphonsus Church
"La Chapelle à Maurice" was built on the ten acres donated in 1889 by Jean-Maurice Villien and his wife, Marie Chaty, from the provinces of Savoie and Lorraine, France, respectively....
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Pontiac Peace Treaty
From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License
Alpha House
Built about 1918, this Neoclassical-style structure houses Gamma Lambda Chapter, third graduate chapter of the first black national Greek letter fraternity in the United States: Alpha Phi Alpha...
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Winter Quarters Plantation
Winter Quarters Plantation was owned by Haller Nutt during the Civil War. The plan- tation was used as an overnight stopping point by thousands of Federal troops on their march to Hard Times. The...
Washington Elm
UNDER THIS TREE WASHINGTON FIRST TOOK COMMAND OF THE AMERICAN ARMY JULY 3, 1775 Submitted by @RNewengland
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Flowery Mound
Flowery Mound is a rectangular platform mound. The corners are oriented to the cardinal directions. Studies of the soil in the mound suggest it was built in a single episode around AD 1000....
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Semmes Battery
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Sand Bar Fight
James Bowie, wounded as a second in Well-Maddox duel and wielding, the awesome blade of his design, killed Norris Wright Sept. 19, 1827. Modified knife later became famous as "The Bowie Knife."
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Linwood Plantation
Near this site was the Taensa Village, visited by de LaSalle, Tonti, Father Membre in 1682 explorations. In 1699-1700 Father de Montigny made peace between the Taensa and Natchez and established a...
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Mound Plantation
Mound Plantation has a rectangular-shaped mound with a flat top. It is 10½ feet tall and 125 by 138 feet at the base. Pottery found near the mound suggests Indians built it around AD 800-1000.
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St. Stephens Episcopal Church and Cemetery
Began as St. James Mission in 1848. Reorganized as a parish in 1855 named after the first martyr at the suggestion of Bishop Leonidas Polk, the "Fighting Bishop" of the Confederacy. The Church and...
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Former Site of Melancon's Cafe
Former Site of Melancon's Cafe1968 filming of the movie Easy RiderFeaturing: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson.Local stars: Buddy Causey, Jr., Blaze Dawson,Cynthia Grezaffi,...
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St. Joseph
Tensas Parish seat since parish created in 1843. Rare example, for Deep South, of town planned and constructed around New England style village green. Historic district listed on National Register...
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William Simmons House
WILLIAM SIMMONS HOUSE This house, built in 1930, is typical in materials and methods of construction of those built on the S.C. Sea Islands from the end of the Civil War to the mid-20th...
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