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Pearl Rivers

The summer home of George and Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, known locally as "Fort" Nicholson, was located here. Better known as "Pearl Rivers", Eliza Nicholson (1849-1896) was a poet, writer,...

The summer home of George and Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, known locally as "Fort" Nicholson, was located here. Better known as "Pearl Rivers", Eliza Nicholson (1849-1896) was a poet,...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • pet
  • picayune

The Passenger Pigeon

Huge flocks of passenger pigeons once roamed -North America. Larger than the mourning dove-which it resembled, the passenger pigeon derived its name from an Indian word meaning "wanderer" or one...

Huge flocks of passenger pigeons once roamed -North America. Larger than the mourning dove- which it resembled, the passenger pigeon derived its name from an Indian word meaning "wanderer" or one...

  • passenger pigeon
  • wisconsin