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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM267Y_uss-ponchatoula-memorial_Ponchatoula-LA.html
This memorial is dedicated to all the officers and men who served aboard the USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) from its commissioning in January 1956 until its retirement from naval service in August 1992. The Ponchatoula was a Neosha Class Fleet Oiler des…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2221_the-republic-of-west-florida_Hammond-LA.html
The Florida Parishes of Louisiana were not a part of the Louisiana Purchase. Due to its strategic significance the region remained a part of the Spanish Empire. In 1810 residents initiated an armed insurrection known as the West Florida Revolt. Af…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XZZ_site-of-1st-classroom-bldg-historical_Hammond-LA.html
In 1927 Hammond Jr. College bought the 15 acre Hunter Leake Estate at the N. end of Pine. An enlarged servants' bldg. provided classrooms, a library, and labs. In 1928 H. J. C. became Southeastern Louisiana College.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XZY_friendship-circle-historical_Hammond-LA.html
Friendship Circle, designed by Edward Avery McIlhenny, Tabasco entrepreneur and naturalist, serves as the focus of a landscape plan created for the Art Deco buildings that transformed a family farm into a modern college campus between 1939 nd 1941…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VQS_pfc-raymond-mike-clausen-jr-historical_Ponchatoula-LA.html
CitationFor conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263, Marine Aircraft Group 16, First Marine Aircraft Wing, during operations against e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UAZ_1862-train-wreck-historical_Ponchatoula-LA.html
Near this spot on February 27, 1862 a southbound lumber train collided with a northbound troop train carrying men of Col. Edmond J. Goode's 7th Mississippi Infantry in route to join the Confederate army in Tennessee. The lumber train had failed to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QKO_camp-moore-1_Kentwood-LA.html
Standing at this point and looking to your south toward the open field, you are looking at the western edge of the parade ground. To your right is the current railroad that once was used by the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QKN_camp-moore-2_Kentwood-LA.html
Face the field to the south. This large field was the Parade Ground. It was cleared of pine trees by men that came through Camp Moore. Today it maintains the same overall size and shape that it did during the war. While the various companies were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QKM_camp-moore-3_Kentwood-LA.html
The cemetery was reclaimed from the elements in 1903 by the veterans themselves and the women who became members of Camp Moore Chapter #562, UDC. The land was bought from logging interests and the fence installed by 1905. The cemetery, fence and w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QKL_camp-moore-4_Kentwood-LA.html
Although difficult to see because of the vegetation at the cemetery fence, the ground falls off sharply just outside the fence. The same creek that you crossed to get to the cemetery passes along this back side of the cemetery. The ground rises on…