Louisiana Purchase Map. (Used with permission from the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, State of Louisiana Bicentennial brochure.) Tags: #end of...
President Abraham Lincoln, 1863. Tags: #end of 19th century #end of 19 century - preview
St. Charles currency $0.50 Post Civil War currency. (Courtesy of Pat Yoes) Tags: #ordinance of secession #end of 19th century
St. Charles Parish currency $1 Post Civil War currency. (Courtesy of Pat Yoes) Tags: #ordinance of secession #end of 19th century
St. Charles Parish currency $2 Post Civil War currency. (Courtesy of Pat Yoes) Tags: #ordinance of secession #end of 19th century
Red Church Presbytery rear elevation. Father J. M. Paret lived in this presbytery from December of 1848 until October 1869, which spanned the golden age of the...
Front Elevation. Father Paret enjoyed gardening and breeding of animals. He wrote to his brother, “I would like for you to see this big garden and how pleasant...
Oxley Plantation. The residence of Charles and Martha Kenner Oxley, daughter of William Kenner (Roseland), was located in the presentday Bonnet Carré Spillway...
Ranson Plantation. Louis Ranson was a member of a very prominent and influential New Orleans family that were formerly involved in Spanish government. He was...
Fashion Plantation was located in Hahnville and was owned by former U.S. President Zachary Taylor, although he never resided there. It was inherited by his son...