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The world famous "Mardi Gras" is celebrated in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is an ancient custom that originated in southern Europe. It celebrates food and fun just before the 40 days of Lent: a Catholic time of prayer and sacrifice.
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Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
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"The Roosevelt New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 504-room hotel owned by Dimension Development and managed by Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. The hotel was originally built by Louis Grunewald, a German immigrant, and opened in 1893 as "The Hotel Grunewald."
The original hotel building was six stories tall and faced Baronne Street. It was built after Grunewald's Music Hall was destroyed by fire in 1862. The building housed 200 rooms and opened in December 1893 to be ready for the 1894 New Orleans Mardi Gras season. The decision to build a hotel proved to be very sound as the other major hotel in the city, the St. Charles Hotel, was destroyed by fire soon after the Grunewald opened..." wikipedia){kind=small}
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"The Roosevelt New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 504-room hotel owned by Dimension Development and managed by Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. The hotel was originally built by Louis Grunewald, a German immigrant, and opened in 1893 as "The Hotel Grunewald."
The original hotel building was six stories tall and faced Baronne Street. It was built after Grunewald's Music Hall was destroyed by fire in 1862. The building housed 200 rooms and opened in December 1893 to be ready for the 1894 New Orleans Mardi Gras season. The decision to build a hotel proved to be very sound as the other major hotel in the city, the St. Charles Hotel, was destroyed by fire soon after the Grunewald opened..." wikipedia
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1718 - May 7 - The city of New Orleans was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville .
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1722 - Hurricane destroyed most of New Orleans
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1723 - New Orleans became capital of Louisiana
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1729 - March 15 - Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st American nun, takes her vows in New Orleans
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1778 - April 1 - Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol
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February 13, 1784 - Ice floes blocked the Mississippi River at New Orleans, then passed into the Gulf of Mexico.
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1788 - March 21 - Fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana
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New Orleans made the first sugar in 1796.
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1803 - January 11 - Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La
December 20 - French flag lowered in New Orleans to mark formal transfer of Louisiana Purchase from France to US for $27M
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December 20 - French flag lowered in New Orleans to mark formal transfer of Louisiana Purchase from France to US for $27M
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1815 - January 8 - Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812); the war had ended on 24th December 1814 but none of the combatants knew
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1832 - Yellow fever and choloera epidemic killed more than 5,000 in New Orleans
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1837 - New Orleans held first Mardi Gras parade
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1838 - March 8 - US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)
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1853 - Yellow fever epidemic killed more than 11,000 in New Orleans
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1854 - New Orleans
New Orleans, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Orleans parish, Louisiana, is situated on the left bank of the Mississippi river, about 100 miles from its mouth; 1603 miles S. W. from New York ; 1438 S. W. from Washington ; 879 S. W. by W. from Charleston ; 2025 S. S. W. from Pittsburg; 1628 S. by W. from Chicago ; 1200 S. from St. Louis ; and about 2000 S. by E. from the Falls of St. Anthony. New Orleans is built around a bend in the river, from which circumstance it has been denominated the "Crescent City." The site inclines gently from the margin of the Mississippi to wards the marshy ground in the rear, and is from 2 to 5 feet below the level of the river at the usual spring freshets. To prevent inundations, an embankment or levee, about 15 feet wide and 6 feet high, has been raised, extending 120 miles above the city, and to Port Plaquemine, 43 miles below it. This forms a delightful promenade. In consequence of the change in the course of the river opposite New... Read MORE...
New Orleans, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Orleans parish, Louisiana, is situated on the left bank of the Mississippi river, about 100 miles from its mouth; 1603 miles S. W. from New York ; 1438 S. W. from Washington ; 879 S. W. by W. from Charleston ; 2025 S. S. W. from Pittsburg; 1628 S. by W. from Chicago ; 1200 S. from St. Louis ; and about 2000 S. by E. from the Falls of St. Anthony. New Orleans is built around a bend in the river, from which circumstance it has been denominated the "Crescent City." The site inclines gently from the margin of the Mississippi to wards the marshy ground in the rear, and is from 2 to 5 feet below the level of the river at the usual spring freshets. To prevent inundations, an embankment or levee, about 15 feet wide and 6 feet high, has been raised, extending 120 miles above the city, and to Port Plaquemine, 43 miles below it. This forms a delightful promenade. In consequence of the change in the course of the river opposite New... Read MORE...
1864 - October 4 - New Orleans Tribune, 1st black daily newspaper, forms
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1869 - Over $30,000
Only three persons in New Orleans return an income above $30,000, and the highest is $38,621.
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June 19, 1869
Only three persons in New Orleans return an income above $30,000, and the highest is $38,621.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 19, 1869
1874 - September 14 — Battle of Liberty Place: In New Orleans, former Confederate Army members of the White League temporarily drive Republican Governor William P. Kellogg from office,
replacing him with former Democratic Governor John McEnery. U.S. Army troops restore Kellogg to office five days later.
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replacing him with former Democratic Governor John McEnery. U.S. Army troops restore Kellogg to office five days later.
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1878 - July 12 - Fever epidemic in New Orleans begins, it will kill 4,500
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1884 - THE LEVEES GIVING WAY. A SERIOUS BREAK THREATENED AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, La., March 8. - The water in front of this city rose 5 inches to-day, and now marks 8 inches under the high-water mark, which is the top of the levees. Two days more of a rise like that of to-day and the water will pour over the bank and into the streets of the city. The water is already percolating through the embankment in the lower part of the city. A serious break occurred in the levee at Davis Station, 19 miles above this city on the Texas and Pacific Railroad. The crevasse is said to be about 50 feet wide and very deep. One mile of the track of the Texas and Pacific Road is submerged and the trains are stopped. MR. MURDOCK, of the railroad company, is in charge of a force of men and busily engaged endeavoring to close the breach. At 10 o'clock in the forenoon a tug-boat loaded with lumber and material and a reinforcement of men left for the scene of the disaster.
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New Orleans, La., March 8. - The water in front of this city rose 5 inches to-day, and now marks 8 inches under the high-water mark, which is the top of the levees. Two days more of a rise like that of to-day and the water will pour over the bank and into the streets of the city. The water is already percolating through the embankment in the lower part of the city. A serious break occurred in the levee at Davis Station, 19 miles above this city on the Texas and Pacific Railroad. The crevasse is said to be about 50 feet wide and very deep. One mile of the track of the Texas and Pacific Road is submerged and the trains are stopped. MR. MURDOCK, of the railroad company, is in charge of a force of men and busily engaged endeavoring to close the breach. At 10 o'clock in the forenoon a tug-boat loaded with lumber and material and a reinforcement of men left for the scene of the disaster.
Another crevasse was reported at Westwego, opposite Greenville and in the vicinity of the crevasse of ... Read MORE...
1884 - December 16 – The World Cotton Centennial World's Fair opens in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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December 16, 1884
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February 13, 1889 - It was the coldest morning of record along the Gulf Coast. The temperature dipped to 7 above zero at New Orleans LA.
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1891 - March 14 – In New Orleans, a lynch mob storms the Old Parish Prison and lynches 11 Italians arrested but found innocent of the murder of Police Chief David Hennessy.
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1892 - THE ENGINEER WAS DRUNK. Fatal Explosion in a New Orleans Ice Factory.
A boiler exploded in the factory of the Consumers Ice Company, at New Orleans, La., partly wrecking and setting fire fire to the building, killing ALBERT COLEMAN, whose head was blown off, and fatally wounding FRANK SMITH, WILLIAM SCULLY, MORRIS G. SMITH, ANDREW JOHNSON, RICHARD M. BRADY, EDWARD WILLIAMS, MRS. COMEAUX, MRS. JOHN HILBERT and her five-year-old son.
The explosion was caused by the carelessness of a drunken engineer.
In clearing away the ruins the dead body of Assistant City Attorney FRANK B. LEE was found. He had visited the factory on business, and was supposed to have left before the explosion occurred.
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New Jersey
July 1, 1892
A boiler exploded in the factory of the Consumers Ice Company, at New Orleans, La., partly wrecking and setting fire fire to the building, killing ALBERT COLEMAN, whose head was blown off, and fatally wounding FRANK SMITH, WILLIAM SCULLY, MORRIS G. SMITH, ANDREW JOHNSON, RICHARD M. BRADY, EDWARD WILLIAMS, MRS. COMEAUX, MRS. JOHN HILBERT and her five-year-old son.
The explosion was caused by the carelessness of a drunken engineer.
In clearing away the ruins the dead body of Assistant City Attorney FRANK B. LEE was found. He had visited the factory on business, and was supposed to have left before the explosion occurred.
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New Jersey
July 1, 1892
1895 - New Orleans
New Orleans, or’le-anz (Fr. Nouvelle-Orléans, noo' vèll"-om"lā'b Nu'; Ger. New-Orleans, noi-ot'là-Anz), a city and port of entry of the state of Louisiana, the capital of Orleans parish, and the commercial metropolis of the Gulf States, is situated on the Mississippi River, about 100 miles above its delta. It is about 700 miles by rail S. of St. Louis, Mo., 141 miles W. by S. of Mobile, Ala., and 330 miles E. of Houston, Tex. Lat. of custom-house, 29° 58' N.; lon. 90°5' W. As a port of entry, New Orleans embraces a vast territory, including, besides its own port, the ports of Pitts: burg, Pa., Wheeling, W. Va., Louisville, Ky., Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., St. Louis, Mo., Cincinnati, 0, Evansville, Ind., Galena and Cairo, Ill., Burlington and Dubuque, Iowa, La Crosse, Wis., and Omaha, Neb., which are ports of delivery of the customs-district of New Orleans. New Orleans is the great cotton-market of the country, most of the cotton of Mississippi and a large part of that of Arkansas,... Read MORE...
New Orleans, or’le-anz (Fr. Nouvelle-Orléans, noo' vèll"-om"lā'b Nu'; Ger. New-Orleans, noi-ot'là-Anz), a city and port of entry of the state of Louisiana, the capital of Orleans parish, and the commercial metropolis of the Gulf States, is situated on the Mississippi River, about 100 miles above its delta. It is about 700 miles by rail S. of St. Louis, Mo., 141 miles W. by S. of Mobile, Ala., and 330 miles E. of Houston, Tex. Lat. of custom-house, 29° 58' N.; lon. 90°5' W. As a port of entry, New Orleans embraces a vast territory, including, besides its own port, the ports of Pitts: burg, Pa., Wheeling, W. Va., Louisville, Ky., Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., St. Louis, Mo., Cincinnati, 0, Evansville, Ind., Galena and Cairo, Ill., Burlington and Dubuque, Iowa, La Crosse, Wis., and Omaha, Neb., which are ports of delivery of the customs-district of New Orleans. New Orleans is the great cotton-market of the country, most of the cotton of Mississippi and a large part of that of Arkansas,... Read MORE...
February 15, 1895 - Nine inches of snow blanketed New Orleans LA.
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1895 - THE EXPLOSION AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, April 6. - At this writing but four bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the explosion which took place from some unknown cause at the corner of Decatur and Ursuline streets, in a two-story brick building containing two stores and rooms on the ground floor.
One of these was occupied by EMILE BOULET as a drinking saloon; the other by CHARLES SALATHE, who keeps a grocery and ship chandlery.
The bodies found are those of CHARLES SALATHE and his wife, FELIX RIGOT, a barkeeper, and JAMES EDWARDS, employe of a fish stand.
The last body recovered was that of the babe of SALATHE. Two other children were slightly hurt, but it seems that none else was injured.
The cause was accidental.
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Illinois
April 6, 1895
New Orleans, April 6. - At this writing but four bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the explosion which took place from some unknown cause at the corner of Decatur and Ursuline streets, in a two-story brick building containing two stores and rooms on the ground floor.
One of these was occupied by EMILE BOULET as a drinking saloon; the other by CHARLES SALATHE, who keeps a grocery and ship chandlery.
The bodies found are those of CHARLES SALATHE and his wife, FELIX RIGOT, a barkeeper, and JAMES EDWARDS, employe of a fish stand.
The last body recovered was that of the babe of SALATHE. Two other children were slightly hurt, but it seems that none else was injured.
The cause was accidental.
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April 6, 1895
1897 - BIG FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS. NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED.
New Orleans, April 16. - One of the most picturesque business structures in the city, known as the Moresque block, owned by Gauch & Sons, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, entailing a loss of upwards of $400,000. The Moresque building occupied one entire block, bounded by Camp, Poydras and Church Streets and Lafayette Square and its walls were built entirely of iron, in a design known as the Moorish.
The Montgomery Furniture company and Gauch, Sons & company, crockery merchants, were the tenants of the building and both firms carried full stocks. The fire is supposed to have originated in the top floor of the Montgomery section. In a twinkling the flames were observed to shoot out of the windows and later from the roof and a general alarm called the entire fire department to the scene.
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New Orleans, April 16. - One of the most picturesque business structures in the city, known as the Moresque block, owned by Gauch & Sons, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, entailing a loss of upwards of $400,000. The Moresque building occupied one entire block, bounded by Camp, Poydras and Church Streets and Lafayette Square and its walls were built entirely of iron, in a design known as the Moorish.
The Montgomery Furniture company and Gauch, Sons & company, crockery merchants, were the tenants of the building and both firms carried full stocks. The fire is supposed to have originated in the top floor of the Montgomery section. In a twinkling the flames were observed to shoot out of the windows and later from the roof and a general alarm called the entire fire department to the scene.
The heads of the fire department saw quickly that the Moresque building was doomed and the efforts of the firemen were directed to keeping the flames from spreading to adjacent... Read MORE...
1899 - SUSPENDER SAVED HIS LIFE - Discharged Soldier Attempts to Kill a Bank Runner
New Orleans, July 17. - Charles E. Rockel, runner for the Metropolitan bank, had just entered the bank today to begin his duties, when Englehart Biber, a discharged soldier, slipped up behind him, and taking deliberate aim, fired. The bullet struck the juncture of Rockel's suspenders and carried it into his back.
When the suspender was pulled out from the wound, the bullet came out with it. Biber says that when he went to war he gave his deposit book for $805 to Rockel and the latter drew out the money and refused to return it to him. Rockel is painfully wounded, but will recover.
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Atlanta, Georgia
July 18, 1899
New Orleans, July 17. - Charles E. Rockel, runner for the Metropolitan bank, had just entered the bank today to begin his duties, when Englehart Biber, a discharged soldier, slipped up behind him, and taking deliberate aim, fired. The bullet struck the juncture of Rockel's suspenders and carried it into his back.
When the suspender was pulled out from the wound, the bullet came out with it. Biber says that when he went to war he gave his deposit book for $805 to Rockel and the latter drew out the money and refused to return it to him. Rockel is painfully wounded, but will recover.
The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
July 18, 1899
1900 - New Orleans - The Crescent City by Grace King
Sail across the blue waters of the Gulf and make your way up the mighty current of the Mississippi, like the leisurely traveler of yore, if you wish to approach New Orleans in the proper way and spirit; unless - which also furnishes a proper way and spirit-you wind your way down the mighty current, from some far northern starting-point. And for guidance provide not yourself with an up to date map of the United States, crisscrossed with railroads, and speckled with illegibly printed names of swarming towns. The pilot chart of the steamboat is the true informant here if you are not the fortunate possessor or borrower of some old print of the last century, one of those happy combinations of fact and imagination issued by the ancient cartographer in the effort to compromise old theories with new discoveries; charts tracked by the foot of the pioneer, not by the wheel of the locomotive, graded by the paddle of the canoe, not by that of the steamer; charts that bear record to the history as ... Read MORE...
Sail across the blue waters of the Gulf and make your way up the mighty current of the Mississippi, like the leisurely traveler of yore, if you wish to approach New Orleans in the proper way and spirit; unless - which also furnishes a proper way and spirit-you wind your way down the mighty current, from some far northern starting-point. And for guidance provide not yourself with an up to date map of the United States, crisscrossed with railroads, and speckled with illegibly printed names of swarming towns. The pilot chart of the steamboat is the true informant here if you are not the fortunate possessor or borrower of some old print of the last century, one of those happy combinations of fact and imagination issued by the ancient cartographer in the effort to compromise old theories with new discoveries; charts tracked by the foot of the pioneer, not by the wheel of the locomotive, graded by the paddle of the canoe, not by that of the steamer; charts that bear record to the history as ... Read MORE...
1910 - BUILDING COLLAPSES; ONE KILLED. BAD ACCIDENT AT NEW ORLEANS - FIVE ARE INJURED.
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New Orleans, April 14. - An unidentified boy, 12 years old, was killed today and five persons were injured in the collapse of a building at the corner of Rampart and Canal Streets. The accident occurred shortly before noon.
It was at first reported that the building in which the Shriners were meeting had collapsed.
The street was filled with persons at the time of the accident and some of the injured were in the streets.
The injured:
MRS. T. S. PARRETTI, St. Joseph, Mo.
JOSEPH PARRETTI, St. Joseph, Mo.
I. ROWDNER, St. Joseph, Mo.
C. BENNETT, Cleveland, O.
JOSEPH LAKAMETTE, New Orleans.
What caused the accident has not yet been determined. As soon as the building collapsed, police were rushed to the scene and with firemen, began a search of the debris. It is believed that all the injured have been removed.
Spokane Press
Spokane, Washington
April 14, 1910
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New Orleans, April 14. - An unidentified boy, 12 years old, was killed today and five persons were injured in the collapse of a building at the corner of Rampart and Canal Streets. The accident occurred shortly before noon.
It was at first reported that the building in which the Shriners were meeting had collapsed.
The street was filled with persons at the time of the accident and some of the injured were in the streets.
The injured:
MRS. T. S. PARRETTI, St. Joseph, Mo.
JOSEPH PARRETTI, St. Joseph, Mo.
I. ROWDNER, St. Joseph, Mo.
C. BENNETT, Cleveland, O.
JOSEPH LAKAMETTE, New Orleans.
What caused the accident has not yet been determined. As soon as the building collapsed, police were rushed to the scene and with firemen, began a search of the debris. It is believed that all the injured have been removed.
Spokane Press
Spokane, Washington
April 14, 1910
1919 - NEW ORLEANS' FRENCH OPERA HOUSE BURNED. FAMOUS STRUCTURE, BUILT IN 1859, IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE.
New Orleans, Dec. 5. - (United Press). - The Old French opera house, a landmark of old New Orleans, was burned to the ground Thursday in a fire which originated in the rear of the restaurant Cafe de L'Opera. The opera house was built it 1859.
ADELAID PATTI made her American debut in the old playhouse. MISS DeRESZKE and JENNY LIND, also graced the stage.
The loss is estimated at $47,000. Insurance was carried to the amount of $45,000. The entire set of costumes and scenery of the New Orleans Opera Company was destroyed, including the valuable violins of the orchestra.
The building was the scene of historical social life, all the Mardi Gras balls having been held in it for half a century.
The Star
Anniston, Alabama
December 5, 1919
New Orleans, Dec. 5. - (United Press). - The Old French opera house, a landmark of old New Orleans, was burned to the ground Thursday in a fire which originated in the rear of the restaurant Cafe de L'Opera. The opera house was built it 1859.
ADELAID PATTI made her American debut in the old playhouse. MISS DeRESZKE and JENNY LIND, also graced the stage.
The loss is estimated at $47,000. Insurance was carried to the amount of $45,000. The entire set of costumes and scenery of the New Orleans Opera Company was destroyed, including the valuable violins of the orchestra.
The building was the scene of historical social life, all the Mardi Gras balls having been held in it for half a century.
The Star
Anniston, Alabama
December 5, 1919
1927 - April 15 - New Orleans LA was drenched with 14.01 inches of rain, which established a 24 hour rainfall record for the state.
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Oliver Pollock, Forgotten of History, by an Act of Generosity to the Famine-Stricken City of New Orleans, Won the Gratitude of the Spanish Governors and Amassed a Great Fortune Before the Revolutionary War
Not all the heroes who helped lay the foundations of the republic in the Revolutionary War wore continental uniforms, faced the foe in the "imminent deadly breach," or delivered patriotic utterances that stirred men's souls to action. There were some big forceful men in the background who today would be classified as "big business men" or "captains of industry" without whose aid in dire emergencies the cause might have been lost. There was Robert Morris, the biggest business man of his time, who financed the Revolution, pledging his own private fortune and often those of his wealthy friends to keep the patriot armies in the field and to supply their wants, his patriotic career ending in the debtor's prison. There was Washington's "little friend on Front street," Philadelphia, the ... Read MORE...
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Oliver Pollock, Forgotten of History, by an Act of Generosity to the Famine-Stricken City of New Orleans, Won the Gratitude of the Spanish Governors and Amassed a Great Fortune Before the Revolutionary War
Not all the heroes who helped lay the foundations of the republic in the Revolutionary War wore continental uniforms, faced the foe in the "imminent deadly breach," or delivered patriotic utterances that stirred men's souls to action. There were some big forceful men in the background who today would be classified as "big business men" or "captains of industry" without whose aid in dire emergencies the cause might have been lost. There was Robert Morris, the biggest business man of his time, who financed the Revolution, pledging his own private fortune and often those of his wealthy friends to keep the patriot armies in the field and to supply their wants, his patriotic career ending in the debtor's prison. There was Washington's "little friend on Front street," Philadelphia, the ... Read MORE...
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1943 - Tastes Like Chicken?
"Delicious as the breast of chicken" - and so filet of alligators, thus designated, finds its way to New Orleans tables today to relieve the meat shortage.
Time was when the alligator merely furnised ideas for teh cartoonist and a hide for luggage but those days have gone, though perhaps not forever.
Reports from Ben Monteleone, manager of a fish market in New Orleans indicated that alligator steak is finding favore with Mme. Orleans.
"We buy alligators from the swamp trappers who bring or send them to the city," he said. "We clean and prepare them carefully and the mean, when fried, is as delicious as the breast of chicken."
The demand usually exceeds the supply, he said, possibly because no ration stamps are necessary. The flesh is taken from the side and tail of the saurian, he explained, and cut into small steaks.
The market also features gar-fish, thought by some to be a sort of second cousin to the alligator and turtles.
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"Delicious as the breast of chicken" - and so filet of alligators, thus designated, finds its way to New Orleans tables today to relieve the meat shortage.
Time was when the alligator merely furnised ideas for teh cartoonist and a hide for luggage but those days have gone, though perhaps not forever.
Reports from Ben Monteleone, manager of a fish market in New Orleans indicated that alligator steak is finding favore with Mme. Orleans.
"We buy alligators from the swamp trappers who bring or send them to the city," he said. "We clean and prepare them carefully and the mean, when fried, is as delicious as the breast of chicken."
The demand usually exceeds the supply, he said, possibly because no ration stamps are necessary. The flesh is taken from the side and tail of the saurian, he explained, and cut into small steaks.
The market also features gar-fish, thought by some to be a sort of second cousin to the alligator and turtles.
"We sell a good eadl of turtles, alive,... Read MORE...
1947 - September 19 - The eye of a hurricane passed directly over New Orleans, and the barometric pressure dipped to 28.61 inches.
The hurricane killed fifty-one persons, and caused 110 million dollars damage. It produced wind gusts to 155 mph while making landfall over Fort Lauderdale FL two days earlier.
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The hurricane killed fifty-one persons, and caused 110 million dollars damage. It produced wind gusts to 155 mph while making landfall over Fort Lauderdale FL two days earlier.
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1973 - January 7 – Mark Essex kills 9 people at the Howard Johnson's hotel in downtown New Orleans.
January 7, 1973
January 7, 1973
1992 - Hurricane Andrew causes devastation in Florida and Louisiana
2005 - Hurricane Katrina
New Orleans is the 6th wettest city in the U.S., averaging 62.45 inches of precipitation per year.
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2023 - New Orleans is a fantastic city with a rich cultural heritage and a vibrant atmosphere. Here's a list of places to go and things to do in the Big Easy:
French Quarter: Start your journey in the heart of the city. Walk along the cobblestone streets, explore the historic architecture, and soak in the lively atmosphere. Don't forget to visit Jackson Square, a hub of local artistry.
Bourbon Street: Famous for its nightlife, Bourbon Street is a must-visit. It comes alive in the evenings with jazz music, street performers, and a variety of bars and clubs. It's the perfect place to experience the city's festive spirit.
Café Du Monde: Treat yourself to beignets and café au lait at this iconic café in the French Quarter. It's open 24/ 7, so you can satisfy your sweet tooth anytime.
National WWII Museum: For history enthusiasts, this museum is a gem. It provides a comprehensive look at the events and impact of World War II, with engaging exhibits and artifacts.
Garden District: Take a stroll through this picturesque neighborhood, known for its well-preserved antebellum mansions and beautiful gardens. The historic Lafayette Cemetery... Read MORE...
French Quarter: Start your journey in the heart of the city. Walk along the cobblestone streets, explore the historic architecture, and soak in the lively atmosphere. Don't forget to visit Jackson Square, a hub of local artistry.
Bourbon Street: Famous for its nightlife, Bourbon Street is a must-visit. It comes alive in the evenings with jazz music, street performers, and a variety of bars and clubs. It's the perfect place to experience the city's festive spirit.
Café Du Monde: Treat yourself to beignets and café au lait at this iconic café in the French Quarter. It's open 24/ 7, so you can satisfy your sweet tooth anytime.
National WWII Museum: For history enthusiasts, this museum is a gem. It provides a comprehensive look at the events and impact of World War II, with engaging exhibits and artifacts.
Garden District: Take a stroll through this picturesque neighborhood, known for its well-preserved antebellum mansions and beautiful gardens. The historic Lafayette Cemetery... Read MORE...
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