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Grand Hotel

GRAND HOTEL opened 1887 Alphonzo F. Howe architect ...Charles W. Caskey contractor ...CLASSICAL DESIGN THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER

GRAND HOTEL opened 1887 Alphonzo F. Howe architect ...Charles W. Caskey contractor ...CLASSICAL DESIGN THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER

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  • live forever

George Villiers

IN  THIS HOUSE  GEORGE VILLIERS  DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM  WAS ASSASSINATED BY  JOHN FELTON  23. AUG. 1628.  Submitted by @theonlymfkirke  

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  OBSTANDO...

    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

    Submitted by @theonlymfkirke

      Wright's Tower

      Submitted by Ben Becker

      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. Missouri...

        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...

        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...

        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 from...

        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

        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...

          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 who...

          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

          Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter

          Blues singer from Mooringsport, La. (1888-1949). He played 12 string guitar on Shreveport's Fannin St., sang his way out of prison, and became a folk hero with songs like "Goodnight Irene,"...

          Blues singer from Mooringsport, La. (1888-1949). He played 12 string guitar on Shreveport's Fannin St., sang his way out of prison, and became a folk hero with songs like "Goodnight Irene,"...

          • louisiana
          • entertainment
          • african american

          First Over Water Oil Well

          The world’s first over water oil well was completed in Caddo Lake in 1911. The Ferry Lake No. 1 was erected by Gulf Refining Co. The well bottomed at 2,185 feet and produced 450 barrels per day.

          The world’s first over water oil well was completed in Caddo Lake in 1911. The Ferry Lake No. 1 was erected by Gulf Refining Co. The well bottomed at 2,185 feet and produced 450 barrels per day.

          • louisiana
          • commerce

          3rd Caddo Courthouse

          Parish Judge Washington Jenkins, on Nov. 4, 1840, sold his 2-story frame house to Caddo Parish for a courthouse. A jail replaced the kitchen. Courthouse was sold at foreclosure in 1855 at its own door.

          Parish Judge Washington Jenkins, on Nov. 4, 1840, sold his 2-story frame house to Caddo Parish for a courthouse. A jail replaced the kitchen. Courthouse was sold at foreclosure in 1855 at its own door.

          • louisiana
          • politics

          Moncla

          Colonized in the late 1700s.Named forDr. Joseph Thibault Moncla1806-1883   Emigrant of Moncla, France, and husband of Arsene Bordelon. This settlement, on the south bank of the Red River, included...

          Colonized in the late 1700s.Named forDr. Joseph Thibault Moncla1806-1883   Emigrant of Moncla, France, and husband of Arsene Bordelon. This settlement, on the south bank of the Red River, included...

          • louisiana
          • settlement

          First Shriners Hospital

          On this site a dedicated group of men from the Shriners International Fraternity began the legacy of providing free healthcare services to children  by opening the world's First Shriners Hospital...

          On this site a dedicated group of men from the Shriners International Fraternity began the legacy of providing free healthcare services to children  by opening the world's First Shriners Hospital...

          • louisiana
          • hospital

          Marksville "Colored" School Site

          C.P. Couvillion donated this site in 1905 for the construction of a school for "Negroes" in the Marksville area. Its first eighth grade class began in 1933. First graduation was in 1940. Classes...

          C.P. Couvillion donated this site in 1905 for the construction of a school for "Negroes" in the Marksville area. Its first eighth grade class began in 1933. First graduation was in 1940. Classes...

          • louisiana
          • african-american

          Congregational First Baptist Church

          Organized in 1889 under the leadership of Rev. J.W. Womack of Beggs, Oklahoma. Rev. and Mrs. Womack opened the first private "colored" school in Avoyelles Parish. Rev. A.L. Holmes was pastor of...

          Organized in 1889 under the leadership of Rev. J.W. Womack of Beggs, Oklahoma. Rev. and Mrs. Womack opened the first private "colored" school in Avoyelles Parish. Rev. A.L. Holmes was pastor of...

          • louisiana
          • african-american

          St. George Greek Orthodox Church

          Designed  by J.P Annan. Built in 1934. Named as a memorial to the St. George Church in New Ephesus, Greece, which was destroyed by the Turks 1917. Congregation founded 1917.

          Designed  by J.P Annan. Built in 1934. Named as a memorial to the St. George Church in New Ephesus, Greece, which was destroyed by the Turks 1917. Congregation founded 1917.

          • louisiana
          • church