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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J9A_derbigny-plantation_Gretna-LA.html
Home of Pierre A.C.B. Derbigny, 6th Governor of La., 1828~1829, member 1st La. Legislature, La. Secretary of State, La. Supreme Court Judge, Battle of N.O. veteran. 1820 operated 1st steam ferry on Miss. River at N.O. Died 1829 from a carriage acc…
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Incorporated 20 August 1913. John Ehret, First Mayor. Seat of Jefferson Parish Government since 1884. German settlement laid out in 1836 by Benjamin Buisson for Nicholas Noel Destrehan as Village of Mechanikham.
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Founded 1815 by education philanthropist John McDonogh. Also known as Freetown where his freed slaves settled and Goulds~
boro for railroad magnate Jay Gould. Incorporated 1913 into City of Gretna.