Shute's Drug Store - 1924
Established at the turn of the 20th century by Dr. Creighton Shute, this building served as a general merchandise store and pharmacy. This property is of significance in U.S. history as Clyde...
- louisiana
- bonnie and clyde
- commerce
Lawyer's Row
These offices of prominent Opelousas attorneys have been used for over 100 years and the owners have preserved the original atmosphere of the past.
- louisiana
- architecture
Old LaCombe Hotel Site c. 1790-1926
Operating under several different names, a hotel once occupied this spot; an inn and tavern is recorded being here in the late 1700s. Most notably was the Eagle Hotel where the...
- louisiana
- opelousas
Manon's Corner
Named for Manon Baldwin, a Free Woman of Color and one of the first known businesswomen in Opelousas. The businesses she owned included a tavern and boarding house that were operated on this...
- louisiana
- women
- african american
- opelousas
St. Vincent De Paul Church
In 1838, Bishop Antoine Blanc established the first parish for the Creole Faubourgs or suburbs comprising the Third Municipal District of New Orleans. He named the new parish after the secondary...
- louisiana
- new orleans
- catholic
- church
Landscaping This Diverter
April 2003 Russell Street Neighbors generously đonated to a fund for landscaping this diverter and the diverter at Russell & Claremont, working in cooperation with the City of Berkeley. Dedicated...
Jennings Trail Lower Burial Ground
Jennings Trail Nash House
Klockars Blacksmith Shop
KLOCKARS' BLACKSMITH SHOP BEGINNING IN THE 1860S, FOUNDRIES SOUTH OF MARKET STREET FABRICATED MINING MACHINERY, RAILROAD CARS. AND SHIPS. THIS 1912 MACHINE SHOP IS THE LAST. FRED V. WILBERT...
- ecv
- emperor norton
- sf
- blacksmith
Cordelia
Submitted by @jqmcd
Montessori Family School
- 1981
FOR THE ADORNMENT AND BENEFIT OF BOSTON
Battle of Port Gibson
When the Union Navy was repulsed by General Bowen at Grand Gulf, Grant's army was forced to land in Louisiana and march down river. Conducting the largest amphibious landing prior to World War...
- mississippi
- civil war
Silver Street and Natchez Under-the- Hill
The Spanish built Silver Street about 1790 to connect the town to the riverfront below. In the 1800s, Natchez Under-the-Hill was a major port on the Mississippi River. Natchez exported...
- mississippi
- natchez
Natchez Under-the- Hill - Life on the Riverfront
On May 8, 1840, one of the deadliest tornadoes in American history struck Natchez and killed about 300 people. Most of the dead were boatmen and passengers on steamboats docked at the...
- mississippi
- natchez
Natchez Under-the- Hill and the Steamboat Era
For most of the 1800s, the prime mover of commerce and passengers on the Mississippi River was the steamboat, which was invented by Robert Fulton in 1807. The combination of the steamboat, the...
- mississippi
- natchez
Wilkinson County Museum
c. 1834 Originally office and banking house of the West Feliciana Railroad. Today headquarters of Woodville Civic Club.
- mississippi
- woodville
- railroad
A Fight at Midnight
On the afternoon of April 30, 1863, Confederate General Martin E. Green posted his brigade near Magnolia Church to defend this route to Port Gibson. Just after midnight, Green's pickets, stationed...
- mississippi
- civil war
Reconciliation and Reunions
After the war this house became a symbol of reconciliation between North and South. Although Confederate veteran A.K. "Kell" Shaifer Jr. lost his wife and two sons during the war and had his home...
- mississippi
- civil war
The Shaifer Farmstead
From here you see where the nineteenth century path intersects with the auxiliary "plantation road." During the battle, this road provided the Union command a direct link with their left...
- mississippi
- civil war