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Lodwrick Monroe Cook Education Auditorium

Native Louisianan, international business leader, tireless champion of humanitarian causes, Lodwrick M. Cook has contributed greatly to the creation of Louisiana's center for political and governmental history.Lod Cook was born in Casstor, LA., June 17, 1928 and raised in Grand Cane. He attended Louisiana State University, receiving Bachelor Degrees in mathematics in 1950 and...

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Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

109 East Palace1943 Santa Fe office 1963Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory University of California All the men and women who made the first atomic bomb passed through this portal to their secret...

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Mississippi River Old Ferry Landing - Port Allen - Baton Rouge Site - 1820-1968

Horses and wagons first used the ferry, then gradually giving way to cars and trucks. Pedestrian traffic was always an important part of the ferry service. At one time all east-west traffic...

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