2oth Century Timeline
First Industrial Era (1901-1950)
Second Industrial Era (1952-1976)
Home Rule Charter Period (1977)
Contemporary Times
Category - 20th Century
In October 1910, the New Orleans ITEM newspaper released information regarding the sale of a historic plantation up-river for $100,000. The news article went...
Timelines of historical happenings in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana for the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries. From the founding of the parish to the year 2000.
Located in St. Charles Parish, but accessed through the Westwego Canal. From “Westwego from Cheniere to Canal” by William D. Reeves with Daniel...
Information on the history of public schools in Bayou Gauche and Des Allemands by Roy Lunk.
Education Through Historic Preservation booklets through the years.
Courtesy Steve Matherne
February 1930 The Region of Norco and its People From Shell News 1936 April 1941 February 1944 April 1948 December 1949 March 1950 January 1959 April 1960...
Major industrialization would not begin on the west bank of the river for another forty years into the second half of the twentieth century. Commerce was...