Information on the history of public schools in Bayou Gauche and Des Allemands by Roy Lunk.
Category - Infrastructure
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...
Courtesy St. Charles Parish Planning and Zoning Department Railroad lines, linking the region to new Orleans, arrived in the 1850s. The difficulties of this...
When morning arrives in St. Charles Parish in southeast Louisiana and as the sun rises, our quiet community begins doing the work that serves our entire...
The Davis Freshwater Diversion Project was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1965 (PL 89-298), the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1974 (PL 93...
New to the commerce scene in the fourth quarter of the twentieth century has been the development of business parks where a wide variety of businesses share...
Sugar Cane to Nuclear Power — Waterford Sugar cane production has been a constant presence in the parish since the 1700s. Although it continues on a limited...
The opening of the new bridge over the Mississippi River brought an end to ferry service in St. Charles Parish. Since the 1800s, when minimal ferry service was...
Hale Boggs (Luling/Destrehan) Bridge On Oct. 6, 1983, life as St. Charles Parish citizens had known it for over 250 years changed forever with the opening of...
The Good Hope Refinery In 1983, Good Hope Refinery bought out the residential and commercial property of the town of Good Hope in order to expand its...