Louisiana Memorial Methodist Church
The first Methodist Church in Louisiana began here in 1805 and is called "The Cradle of Louisiana Methodism."The first conference of Louisiana Methodists convened here in 1847.
- louisiana
- church
Mississippi River - Morganza Floodway
Mississippi River levee breeches in the Morganza area between 1780 and 1890 resulted in 15 major floods affecting Pointe Coupée Parish and all those to the south as far as the Gulf of...
- louisiana
- environment
Last Spike
Here was driven the Last Spike completing Canadian Pacific Railway from ocean to ocean November 7, 1885 submitted by Paul Mackey
- railway
- cpr
- canada
- bc
- craigellachie
Red Lion Inn
Submitted by @theonlymfkirke.
Bewell's Cross
Submitted by @theonlymfkirke
William Keith Old Master of California
WILLIAM KEITH 1838 - 1911 OLD MASTER OF CALIFORNIA FROM 1885 TO THE END OF HIS LIFE HIS HOME STOOD ABOUT FIFTY YARDS EAST OF THIS SPOT "HE WHO IS A BLESSING FOR HIS TIME IS A BLESSING FOR...
- east of this spot
- fifty yards
- old master
Dianna and Mayor Peggy Thomsen
IN LOVING MEMORY OF DIANNA THOMSEN 1963-2002 AND MAYOR PEGGY THOMSEN 1940-2014
Nicolet Watch Tower
Grand Hotel
GRAND HOTEL opened 1887 Alphonzo F. Howe architect ...Charles W. Caskey contractor ...CLASSICAL DESIGN THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER
- classical de...
- live forever
George Villiers
IN THIS HOUSE GEORGE VILLIERS DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM WAS ASSASSINATED BY JOHN FELTON 23. AUG. 1628. Submitted by @theonlymfkirke
Samuel Henshall
BENEATH THIS CHANCEL IS THE LAST RESTING PLACE OF SAMUEL HENSHALL 1764 1807 RECTOR OF THIS CHURCH 1802-7 WHO WAS GRANTED THE WORLD'S FIRST CORKSCREW PATENT 24th AUGUST 1795 ...
- corkscrew
- corkscrew addicts
- internationa...
- obstando promoves
Portsmouth Football Club
Submitted by @theonlymfkirke
Wright's Tower
Submitted by Ben Becker
Confederate Navy Yard - Louisiana
Oneblock west near mouth of Cross Bayou at Red River the ironclad Missouri and ram Webb built. Missouri armored with railroad iron, In 1863 Webb fought U.S.S. Indianola near Vicksburg....
- louisiana
- civil war
Centenary College of Louisiana
Founded 1825 at Jackson, LA., by the State of Louisiana, the college was transferred to the Methodist Church in 1845. Relocated at Shreveport in 1908, Centenary is the oldest privately operated...
- louisiana
- education
Dodd College
Private liberal arts junior college for girls, 1927-1942. Founded by Dr. M.E. Dodd, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Shreveport. Two original buildings now part of First Baptist Church. President's...
- louisiana
- education
Pickens Cemetery
Dating from the 1840s, this was once the family burial ground of the Pickens family, planters, of Caddo Parish. Among those buried here is Israel Wilson Pickens, Caddo Parish Sheriff...
- louisiana
- cemetery
Newtonbrook School Section No. 5
Submitted by @heritagetoronto
The Enslaved
Beneath this alley of oaks were 20 double cabins that housed enslaved families from 1829 to 1862. They were the workforce for Marigny's Fontainebleau Plantation and included skilled steam...
- louisiana
- african-american
Native Peoples
Native tribes have lived in this area for over 2,500 years. The oldest evidence dates to 500 BCE from footed pottery shards belonging to people of the Tchefuncte Culture. Hunter-gatherers...
- louisiana
- native americans