Honoring the Farmers of the Puyallup Valley
Gramercy Park Historic District
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- 1831
- friends
The First Atlantic Cable
CYRUS WEST FIELD BORN NOV 30 1819 - DIED JULY 12 1993 HERE FOR FORTY YEARS WAS HIS HOME AND HERE THE PLANS WERE MADE FOR THE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLE LAID IN 1858
Residence Plantation
Queen Anne Revival style house built in 1898 by Roberta Volumnia Barrow Slatter. Constructed using materials from a house built on same site in 1854 by her parents noted Louisiana planter...
- louisiana
- plantation
Highland Cemetery
Oldest surviving cemetery in Baton Rouge. Dedicated by George Garig as a burial ground in 1813 and deeded to St. Joseph Roman Catholic Parish in 1819. This cemetery holds the remains of American...
- louisiana
- cemetery
Bayou Paul Colored School
Established by the United Sons and Daughters Benevolent Society, the Bayou Paul Colored School provided elementary education for African-American children in the Bayou Paul community and served...
- louisiana
- education
- african american
LA Providence (1)
Concession 1720's-1730'sOn the old Chemin de la MetairieBirthplaceJacques Phillipe Roi de Villeré1761-1830First native born Governor ofLouisiana 1816-1820
- louisiana
LA Providence (2)
Concession 1720's-1730's.On the old Chemin de la Metairie Concession, later became Sauvé Plantation, site of Mississippi River crevassé which flooded New Orleans in 1849.
- louisiana
Tchoupitoulas Plantation
Site of plantation acquired in 1808 by Joseph Soniat du Fossat. Visited by Governor William C.C. Claiborne and, legend says, privateer Jean Lafitte. "Chapitoulas" Indians, whose name means "river...
- louisiana
- plantation
City of Harahan
Community est. 1914 by Illinois Central Railroad. Named for James Harahan, RR President, 1906-1911. Village incorporated 1920. City incorporated 1953. Francis William Mayo, First Mayor, 1920-1922.
- louisiana
Wedell - Williams Airport Site
During 1930-42 this airport operated passenger, charter, and mail service and a flying school. The company of James R. Wedell and Harry P. Williams designed, built and flew some of the...
- louisiana
- aviation
Labarre Road
Named for the de La Barre family. François Pascalis de La Barre I, a noted colonial official, owned a river-to-lake tract in 1750. Further family holdings, by 1800's, made Metairie...
- louisiana
Chartier Concession
Pierre Chartier de Baulne, French Louisiana attorney general in 1719, held the earliest land grant at the former village of the Colapissas on Chapitoulas (Metairie) Road. His family...
- louisiana
City of Metairie Ridge
A 12-square-mile area incorporated as a village in June 1927 and as a city one month later. Charles P. Aicklen, Sr., mayor, introduced natural gas service, July 1928. Gambling was flourishing,...
- louisiana
Allard Plantation
Plantation of Louis Allard was purchased by his grandfather, Don Santiago Lorreins in 1770's from estate of Francisco Hery, called Duplanty, builder of the first Cabildo Building in N.O. in...
- louisiana
- new orleans
Fort St. John (Spanish Fort)
Established by Colonial French in the early 18th centuryRebuilt by the Spanish-1779American restoration-1808Built to protect New Orleans from attack by way of Lake Pontchartrain.
- louisiana
- fort
Charles U. Taylor
Riverside Historic District
From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Crawford Brian, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
The Rope Walk
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The Hopewell Flag
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