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Dave Fowler, Chief Engineer, Ghirardelli Square

    Ghirardelli Square

      Raymonnd James Sontag, Ehrman Professor of HIstory

        John Galen Howard

          Memorial Glade

            Memorial Pool

              Le Conte

                Jack London 1876-1916

                  Harold "Hal" A. Ellis, Jr.

                  • oakland
                  • ellis
                  • grubb
                  • redevelopment
                  • jack london square
                  • heinold's

                  Origins of Oakland

                  • jack london square
                  • oakland

                  Public School 166

                  PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 ONE OF THE FEW EXTANT 19TH-CENTURY INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE. PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 WAS BUILT IN 1897-99 AS PART OF THE VAST CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO MEET THE...

                  PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 ONE OF THE FEW EXTANT 19TH- CENTURY INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE. PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 WAS BUILT IN 1897-99 AS PART OF THE VAST CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO MEET...

                    W. T. Stead

                      Central Louisiana State Hospital Cemetery

                      Authorized by Act 92 of the 1902 Louisiana Legislature, cemetery and morgue sites were selected in January 1906. There are 2,356 persons who are interred in the cemetery, the last occurring in...

                      Authorized by Act 92 of the 1902 Louisiana Legislature, cemetery and morgue sites were selected in January 1906. There are 2,356 persons who are interred in the cemetery, the last occurring in...

                      • louisiana
                      • cemetery

                      Oakland Hall

                      In late February 1961, the LSU Board of Supervisors chose a name for the first new permanent building to be constructed on the campus, selecting Oakland Hall in honor of Oakland Plantation, the...

                      In late February 1961, the LSU Board of Supervisors chose a name for the first new permanent building to be constructed on the campus, selecting Oakland Hall in honor of Oakland Plantation, the...

                        Smith's Landing

                        A trading post developed at this site on Bayou Boeuf in the early nineteenth century was known as White's Landing. The landing was well used, but the bayou was an unreliable means of...

                        A trading post developed at this site on Bayou Boeuf in the early nineteenth century was known as White's Landing. The landing was well used, but the bayou was an unreliable means...

                        • louisiana
                        • railroad

                        Town of Lecompte

                        Lecompte began as a trading post on land claimed by Pascogoula Biloxi Indian Tribes living along Bayou Boeuf. Two area men, Fulton and Miller, traded extensively with the Indians who became...

                        Lecompte began as a trading post on land claimed by Pascogoula Biloxi Indian Tribes living along Bayou Boeuf. Two area men, Fulton and Miller, traded extensively with the Indians who...

                        • louisiana

                        Edwin Epps House

                        Completed in 1852 and owned by Edwin Epps, a former overseer of Oakland Plantation, the Edwin Epps House is located where LSU Alexandria stands today. This single story Creole cottage was...

                        Completed in 1852 and owned by Edwin Epps, a former overseer of Oakland Plantation, the Edwin Epps House is located where LSU Alexandria stands today. This single story Creole cottage...

                          Old Rapides Bank Building

                          This structure was built on property that once belonged to Alexander Fulton. He had acquired it at the end of the 18th century from Marguerite Cecile Christophe Varrangue. Various persons occupied...

                          This structure was built on property that once belonged to Alexander Fulton. He had acquired it at the end of the 18th century from Marguerite Cecile Christophe Varrangue. Various persons occupied...

                          • louisiana

                          Louisiana Maneuvers

                          In 1940 Lt. Gen. Stanley D. Embrick of the U.S. Army Fourth Corps Area, Atlanta, Ga., selected central Louisiana as site of training maneuvers to prepare American forces for possible involvement...

                          In 1940 Lt. Gen. Stanley D. Embrick of the U.S. Army Fourth Corps Area, Atlanta, Ga., selected central Louisiana as site of training maneuvers to prepare American forces for possible...

                          • louisiana
                          • wwii

                          Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce 100th Anniversary

                          The Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce was founded on March 30, 1914 at the Hotel Bentley by 250 business and professional leaders to foster unity and opportunity for the region.

                          The Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce was founded on March 30, 1914 at the Hotel Bentley by 250 business and professional leaders to foster unity and opportunity for the region.

                          • louisiana