Totally Destroyed by a Zeppelin Raid

The Conservatory

Submitted by Darren Platt

Presented to the Golden Gate Park by a Friend of the Sculptor

Submitted by Darren Platt

Don A. Tingler

Don A Tingler1928 - 2004The Flower of Memory Blossoms in our Hearts and Will Never FadeGerard Wee Submitted by Darren Platt

Ville de Thibodaux

Devenue une ville le 10 mars 1838. Des documents anciens montrent qu'une colonie existait déjà en cet endroit vers la fin due XVIIIième. C'était un poste important de traite pour la region...

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Rienzi Plantation House

This house is believed to have been built by William Fields or Henry Johnson between 1815 and 1835 Johnson eventually purchased several small tracts to form the huge sugar-producing plantation....

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Francis Tillou Nicholls

1834-1912 Homesite of distinguished Confederate brigadier-general, twice governor of Louisiana 1877-80 and 1888-92; he was appointed Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court serving from 1892...

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Christ Episcopal Church

Site of Elm Hall Plantation donated by Dr. E. E. Kittredge. Congregation organized and church constructed in 1853. Frank Willis, Architect. Consecrated by the Rt. Rev. Leonidas K. Polk in 1854....

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Confluence Of Bayous

Near hear was the prehistoric fork of Bayou Lafourche and Bayou Terrebonne. Acadians settled the area in 1785 and were joined by earlier French, German, Spanish and American settlers. The Village...

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St. John's Episcopal Church

One of the oldest Episcopal churches in the Mississippi Valley. Parish organized in 1843. Cornerstone laid in January 1844. Consecrated in March of same year by Bishop Leonoidas Polk, Bishop of Louisiana.

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Laurel Valley

A 1785 Spanish Land Grant to Acadian Etienne Boudreaux is part of the largest surviving 19th Century Plantation manufacturing complex in the United States. Over 70 structures, including a sugar...

City of Thibodaux

Incorporated as a town on March 10, 1838. Early records show settlement existed in late 1790's as an important trading post for the Lafourche country. Named for Henri Schuyler...