Shall Not Be Allowed To Drop Into Oblivion
FELICITE A black woman, a native of Haiti. During the yellow-fever epidemic here in 1839, she nursed the sick, administered to the dying, closed the eyes of the dead, and wept over their...
- new iberia
- lousiana
- yellow fever
- felicite
- haiti
Frederic Henri Duperier
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- louisiana
- new iberia
- philadelphia
- haiti
- berard
- planter
- merchant
- teche
The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany
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- louisiana
- new iberia
- polk
- gothic
- stained glass
- glass
- tiffany
- civil war
- hospital
Church of the Incarnation
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- london
- amite
- river
- church
- bach
- duncan
- missionary
- rector
Blthyewood Plantation
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- amite
- louisiana
- sanders
- kennedy
- plantation
- blthyewood
General Alfred Mouton
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- louisiana
- shiloh
- mouton
- red river
- mansfield
- civil war
- slavery
- confederacy
Spanish Lake
First known as Lake Flamand for one of the early settlers, Jean Baptist Grevemberg; known as Lake Tasse by the French due to its cup shape; and known as Spanish Lake for early Spanish...
- london
- lake
- lafayette
- flamand
- brevemberg
- tasse
- cup
- french
- spanish
May This Plaque Forever Honor
Judge Émile Edouard (Edward) Simon 1824~1914 A Native of St. Martinville, Simon studied law at Harvard under the Honorable Joseph Story and Simon Greenleaf, earning his degree in 1846. As...
- louisiana
- st martinville
- longfellow
- acadian
- teche
Oak and Pine Alley
OAK AND PINE ALLEY Charles Durand, Pre-Civil War sugar planter, credited with planting this alley. In legend a family wedding party rode down the alley canopied by giant spider...
- louisiana
- planter
- sugar
- fontenette
- spanish
- durand
- spider webs
- gold
- silver
Centerville, Louisiana
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- louisiana
- electrocution
- van buren
May Yours Tread Pleasantly
THE FRENCH MARKETREBUILT 1936 - 1938 ANCIENT FRENCH MARKET DATES ITS LEGAL BIRTH FROM SEPTEMBER 10, 1784, WHEN THE "AUTHORITIES OF JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION" DECIDED THAT ALL RETAILERS IN...
- lousiana
- new orleans
- french market
New Orleans
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- london
- new orleans
- france
- mississippi
- bienville
- iberville
Washington Artillery Park
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- louisiana
- new orleans
- washington
- artillary
- battery
Servant of God
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Girod House
GIROD HOUSE ERECTED IN 1814BYNICHOLAS GIROD THE TWO STORY WING FACING ST. LOUIS STREET WAS BUILT BY HIS BROTHER, CLAUD FRANCOIS GIROD, ABOUT 1797. NICHOLAS GIROD WAS THE MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS...
- lousiana
- new orleans
- girod
- napoleon
- bonaparte
- exile
This Buddha Was Biult for the Shonfa Temple
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Crowley
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- crowley
- lousiana
- victorian
- rice
St. Charles Borromeo Church
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- louisiana
- menard
- beauvais
- 1989
Battle of Lafourche Crossing
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- louisiana
- civil war
- connecticut
- opelousas
- pyron
- stickney
- railroad
Louisiana Memorial United Methodist Church
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- london
- opelousas
- church
- methodist
- bowman
- whatcoat
- ashbury
- appelousas