Lake Pontchartrain
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN Traveled on by Iberville, 1699 and named for the French Minister of Marine. Indians called it Okwa-ta, wide water. First port of embarka-tion was at the site where Bayou...
- pontchartrain
- french
- 1699
- new orleans
- lousisiana
Grand Coteau
GRAND COTEAU Early and important center of Catholic education. Noted for its Creole architecture. Town developed around Academy of Sacred Heart, founded in 1921, and St. Charles Jesuit College,...
- louisiana
- catholic
- creole
- jesuit
Livonia Mounds
LIVONIA MOUNDS Three mound complex built between 700 AD and 1200 AD by the Coles Creek Culture.The largest mound is almost 31 feet tall. The mounds are believed to have likely served as a burial...
- mound
- louisiana
- native american
Grace Episcopal Church
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- louisiana
- protestant
- polk
- civil war
West Feliciana Railroad
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- louisiana
- st. francisville
- woodville
- cotton
Southern University
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- baton rouge
- lousiana
- blacks
- clark
La Place des Creoles
LA PLACE DES CREOLES Lifting up the Creole Community Founded March 18, 1991, to preserve and promote the history and culture of the Creoles (African - Americans) of the area. Submitted...
- lousiana
- lafayette
- african-american
- creoles
Loge L'Humble Chaumiere
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Port Barre
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James "Slim Harpo" Moore
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- lousiana
- moore
- harpo
City of Eunice
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Gloster
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Coleman's Crossroads
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Chamberlain - Hunt Academy
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- oakland
- mississippi
- hunt
- chamberlain
Yokena Presbyterian Church
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- choctaw
- yokena
- hyland
- gould
- hankinson
- jeff davis road
Holmes County Blues Tchula
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- mississippi
- tchula
- blues
B. B. King Birthplace
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- b. b. king
- sharecroppers
- kilmichael
- lexington
- itta bena
- mississippi
Greenwood Underpass
http://misspreservation.com/2014/09/02/new-deal- in-mississippi-greenwood-underpass-aka-main- street-railway-bridge-crossing/ Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.
- underpass
- deco
- railroad
- mississippi
Greenwood's First Artesian Well
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- greenwood
- mississippi
- boring
- piping
- drilling
- water
- well
- wright
Bobbie Gentry
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- greenwood
- mississippi
- gentry
- chickasaw
- delta
- billie joe
- delta sweete