Cypress Swamps - Wedell-Williams Aviation & Cypress Sawmill Museum
Like redwoods, cypress trees can live a long time and grow to fantastic sizes. Prior to largescale logging, south Louisiana and the Atchafalaya Basin were full of large stands of giant cypress....
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- cypress trees
- waterways
- swamps
- environment
Bayou Plaquemine - Bayou Road
Bayou Plaquemine was an important Mississippi River distributary that allowed for boat navigation throughout the Atchafalaya Basin. Travelers left the Mississippi via Bayou Plaquemine, moved west...
- louisiana
- waterway
- environment
Port Allen High School (1936-1978) / Port Allen Middle School (1979-Present)
High school opportunities in the parish date to at least 1897, when Eureka Central School in Brusly offered classes to white students in the ninth, tenth, and later eleventh grades. In 1899,...
- louisiana
- education
- wpa
- architecture
Bayou Plaquemine - Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site
Upon completion in 1909, The Plaquemine Lock was an engineering marvel thanks to the unique gravity of water flow system that operated the highest fresh water lock in the world. As a...
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- waterway
- environment
Mississippi River - Scott's Bluff
The Mississippi River - One of the longest rivers in North America - is divided into three sections: Upper, Middle and Lower Mississippi. At certain points on the southernmost section, the river...
- louisiana
- waterway
- mississippi river
- environment
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway - Hwy. 1 Intracoastal Boat Launch
The Port Allen Lock connects the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf of Mexico to the Port of Greater Baton Rouge and other points north along the Mississippi River, shortening the distance...
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- waterway
- environment
Bayou Fountain - Highland Road Community Park
Bayou Fountain was once connected to the Mississippi River when springtime flooding flowed over the natural levees just below downtown Baton Rouge, entering the swamps to the east of the river....
- louisiana
- waterway
- environment
Bluebonnet Swamp - Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center
Interconnectedness is an integral part of life for Bluebonnet Swamp, which helps to alleviate floods and serve as a filter for sediment and pollutants from the surrounding areas. Bluebonnet Swamp...
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- swamp
- environment
Mississippi River - Port Allen Old Ferry Landing
At one time, all east-west traffic now traveling U.S. Route 190 crossed the Mississippi River via ferry to this site. The ferry was first used by horses and wagons, later by cars and trucks,...
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- mississippi river
- environment
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway - Jack Miller Landing
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway was designed primarily for commercial traffic but is also used by recreational boaters. It allows vessels and goods to travel more than 1,300 miles through safer...
- louisiana
- waterway
- environment
Longville, Louisiana
Established 1906. In 1906, the Long Bell Lumber Company of Kansas City, Missouri, under the leadership of Robert A. Long, began building a premier sawmill at Longville, Louisiana. The...
- louisiana
- lumber town
- village
Kansas City Southern Depot
Built in 1923, the depot is an outstanding example of Mission Revival architecture, and is one of the most architecturally significant railroad depots in the state. Listed on National Register...
- louisiana
- railroad
All Saints Episcopal Church
Built in 1885 in Patterson, La. and originally known as Holy Trinity. Moved to present location in 1942. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its Gothic Revival architecture.
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- church
Samuel H. Levingston
A native of northern Ireland, Samuel H. Levingston was born in 1832, the son of George and Margaret Levingston. At the age of fourteen he left Ireland with his brothers, David and John, and his...
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- businessman
Evergreen Cemetery
Local lore places the first burial in this cemetery as early as 1840. When Robert Jackson purchased 35 acres of land including this site in 1853, at least one grave was already present. Jackson...
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- cemetery
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
This church was established in 1863 under the leadership of the Rev. Joseph Wood Dunn, an area missionary. The earliest services were conducted in the home of Jerome Swinford. His...
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- church
First Christian Church of Orange
The First Christian Church of Orange began in 1885 when a group of residents started meeting for worship services. Some of these charter members were baptized in the Sabine River. The...
- texas
- church
First National Bank of Orange
Until the industrial revolution reached Orange in the late 1880s, most banking needs in the area were handled through Galveston.The growth of Orange as a lumber center and deep water...
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- commerce
- bank
Colonel Thos. D. Boyd Tree
This Tree Planted March 7, 1927ForColonel Thos. D.BoydByDr. James Arthur TuckerUniversity Physician
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- university
- tree
St. Emma Plantation
Scene of Civil War skirmish in fall of 1862. C.1850 Greek Revival plantation house owned 1854-1869 by Charles A. Kock, a prominent sugar planter. Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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- civil war
- plantation
- antebellum