Emigrant Gap

Site of Bowie Residence

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

bowie
alamo
opelousas
lousiana

It is a Replica of Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto

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new iberia
guillot
lourdes
bernadette
soubirous

The Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument

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lousiana
longfellow
saloom
boustany
evangeline
gabriel

Opelousas: Capital of Conferate Louisiana

OPELOUSASCapital of Confederate LouisianaMay 1, 1862 - January 23, 1863 After the Union occupation of New Orleans and surrounding territory in the spring of 1862 the state offices were...

civil war
confederate
louisiana
opelousas
moore
red river

Gatemouth Moore

GATEMOUTH MOORE Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore was one of America's most popular blues singers in the 1940s before becoming a renowned religios leader, radio announcer, and gospel singer....

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gatemouth
yazoo city
blues
churches

40,000 Curious Spectators Came to See the Wreckage

SCHOONER PARALLEL "BLOWN TO ATOMS" 1882 THE TWO- MASTED, 148-TON PARALLEL LEFT SAN FRANCISCO FOR ASTORIA, OREGON WITH A MIXED CARGO & 42 TONS OF BLACK POWDER & DYNAMITE. CAPT. W.C. MILLER...

ecv
coast guard
schooner
atoms
1882
san francisco
california
bay area
maritime

Danville Hotel Territory

Submitted by @jqmcd

danville
hotel
california

Four-Time Pacific Coast league Champions

THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE SITE OF OAKLAND BALL PARKFROM 1913 TO 1955 THE HOME OF FOUR- TIME PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSTHE OAKLAND OAKSWHOSE RANKS INCLUDED BASEBALL LEGENDS CASE STENGEL AND BILLY...