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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27FW_audubon-zoos-whooping-crane-legacy_New-Orleans-LA.html
In the 1950's, Audubon Zoo became the first zoo to successfully breed whooping cranes. The only previous captive birth was at a Texas wildlife refuge. That chick's mother, Josephine, hailed from Audubon Zoo. One of only two remaining cranes from a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27FQ_audubon-zoo_New-Orleans-LA.html
In The BeginningThe land that is now Audubon Park was once a large sugar plantation owned by Etienne de Bore, the first mayor of New Orleans. In 1871, the property was sold to the city for use as "Upper City Park" and a site for a new state capito…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27FI_the-flood-of-1927_New-Orleans-LA.html
In the spring of 1927, relentless rains and northern melt caused the mighty Mississippi to overflow its banks. More than 27,000 square miles of land from Illinois to Louisiana were submerged and nearly one million people were left homeless. In 192…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27FE_trenasse-cutter_New-Orleans-LA.html
A "trenasse" is a small waterway in the brackish marsh, important to trappers for gaining access to furbearing animals. Some trenasses are natural, many more are created by man, often using a homemade craft like this one. The rotating blades in fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27FC_swamp-people_New-Orleans-LA.html
The people of south Louisiana stem from many diverse and varied ethnic backgrounds. The cooking, music, dancing, and folklore of this region reflect their origins in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. The first Europeans to colonize south Lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27FB_the-original-teddy-bear_New-Orleans-LA.html
According to a famous story, a Louisiana Black Bear was the inspiration for the first "teddy bear." In 1902, President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was hunting in Louisiana and Mississippi. The hunt went on for days without succe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27ET_bore-plantation-audubon-park_New-Orleans-LA.html
This site 1781-1820 plantation of Jean Etienne Boré (1741-1820) First Mayor of N.O. 1803-1804. Here Boré first granulated sugar in 1795. Purchased for park in 1871. Site of World's Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition 1884-1885.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27C0_duverje-plantation_New-Orleans-LA.html
Algiers Point evolved from the plantation of Barthelemy Duverjé. The Duverjé home was built c. 1812-16, and served as the Algiers Courthouse from 1866. It was destroyed by the Great Fire of Algiers in 1895 and replaced by the current…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM278S_algiers-dry-docks_New-Orleans-LA.html
Andre Seguin built the first dry dock in Algiers in 1819 on land purchased from Barthelemy Duverjé. As the City did not want ship building and repair businesses on their side of the river, those businesses blossomed along this side of the r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM278L_historic-algiers_New-Orleans-LA.html
Algiers, established in 1719, is the second oldest neighborhood in New Orleans. Originally called the "King's Plantation," it was first used as the location for the city's powder magazine, a holding area for the newly arrived African slaves, and t…