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Lake Palourde
Lake Palourde, or Palourde Lake is an lake in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, adjacent to Morgan City, Louisiana. Description Morgan City sits on the southwest side of Lake Palourde. US Route 90 runs along the south side, Louisiana Highway 70 on the west side, and Louisiana highway 662 along the southeast side. Avoca Island Cut-off partially encircles the north and east sides of the lake. Lake Verret and Grassy Lake drain into Lake Palourde via the Avoca Island Cut-off. Flat Lake, once connected to Lake Palourde, was isolated by the Highway 70 levee. Lake Palourde is within three parishes. Assumption Parish covers a small part of the eastern section, from Bayou Cherami to the drainage into Bayou Boeuf, which is also referred to as part of the Avoca Island cutoff. St. Martin Parish covers the northern half down the eastern side bordering Assumption Parish, and the two intersect at the southern end with St. Mary Parish just above Bayou Boeuf. St. Mary Parish covers the southern a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
Lafourche Parish (french: Paroisse de la Fourche) is a parish located in the south of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Thibodaux. The parish was formed in 1807. It was originally the northern part of Lafourche Interior Parish, which consisted of the present parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne. Lafourche Parish was named after the Bayou Lafourche. City buildings have been featured in television and movies, such as in ''Fletch Lives'', due to its architecture and rich history. At the 2020 census, its population was 97,557. Long a center of sugar cane plantations and sugar production, in November 1887 the parish was the site of the Thibodaux Massacre. After state militia were used to suppress a massive Knights of Labor strike involving 10,000 workers in four parishes, many African Americans retreated to Thibodaux. Local paramilitary forces attacked the men and their families, killing an estimated 50 persons. Hundreds more were missing, wounded, and presumed dead in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assumption Parish, Louisiana
Assumption Parish (french: Paroisse de l'Assomption, es, Parroquia de la Asunción) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,421. Its parish seat is Napoleonville. Assumption Parish was established in 1807, as one of the original parishes of the Territory of Orleans. Assumption Parish is one of the twenty-two Acadiana parishes. Its major product is sugar cane. In proportion to its area, Assumption Parish produces the most sugar of any parish of Louisiana. History In 1807, Assumption became the eighth parish of the Orleans Territory. Its history is rooted in its waterways and its large expanse of fertile soils ideal for farming. Settled in the middle 18th century by French and Spanish settlers, the area retains strong cultural ties to its past with conversational French still common among residents. Assumption was also a final destination for many of the French Acadians exiled from Nova Scotia between 1755 and 176 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan City, Louisiana
Morgan City is a small city in St. Mary and lower St. Martin parishes in the U.S. State of Louisiana. The population was 12,404 at the 2010 census. Known for being “right in the middle of everywhere”, Morgan City is located 68 miles (109 km) southeast of Lafayette, 64 miles (103 km) south of Baton Rouge, and 86 miles (138 km) west of New Orleans Morgan City sits on the banks of the Atchafalaya River. The town was originally named "Tiger Island" by surveyors appointed by U.S. Secretary of War John Calhoun, because of a particular type of wild cat seen in the area. It was later changed for a time to "Brashear City," named after Walter Brashear, a prominent Kentucky physician who had purchased large tracts of land and acquired numerous sugar mills in the area. It was incorporated in 1860. History Capture of Brashear City During the American Civil War, the Star Fort of Fort Brashear was the larger of two works erected by the Union Army occupying the city to de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bordered by the state of Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. A large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River. Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties, making it one of only two U.S. states not subdivided into counties (the other being Alaska and its boroughs). The state's capital is Baton Rouge, and its largest city is New Orleans, with a population of roughly 383,000 people. Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of 18th century Louisiana French, Dominican Creole, Spanish, French Canadian, Acadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Route 90 In Louisiana
U.S. Highway 90 (US 90), one of the major east–west U.S. Highways in the Southern United States, runs through southern Louisiana for , serving Lake Charles, Lafayette, New Iberia, Morgan City, and New Orleans. Much of it west of Lafayette and east of New Orleans has been supplanted by Interstate 10 (I-10) for all but local traffic, but the section between Lafayette and New Orleans runs a good deal south of I-10. The stretch between Lafayette and New Orleans is planned as a southern extension of I-49 and is signed as "future corridor I-49". This part of the highway is important to the offshore petroleum industry, as it connects the cities of Lafayette and New Orleans to the port cities along the coast. Most of US 90 from New Iberia to New Orleans that has not already been improved to Interstate grade, is mainly an expressway, excepting the towns traversed through, that can be easily upgraded to freeway standards. The freeway east of Morgan City, bypassing Houma to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana Highway 70
Louisiana Highway 70 (LA 70) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, St. Mary, St. Martin Parish, St. Martin, Assumption Parish, Assumption, and Ascension Parish, Louisiana, Ascension parishes. It is primarily a two-lane highway that spans . Route description LA 70 begins at an exit from U.S. Route 90 in Louisiana, U.S. Highway 90 in Morgan City, LA, Morgan City. Within the same interchange, U.S. Route 90 Business (Morgan City, Louisiana), US 90 Business and Louisiana Highway 182, LA 182 pass underneath US 90. LA 70 then heads north into Assumption Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, where it runs through Pierre Part, LA, Pierre Part. In Paincourtville, LA, Paincourtville, LA 70 intersects Louisiana Highway 1, LA 1 via Louisiana Highway 70 Spur, a connector road. LA 70 then continues northeastward through rural Ascension Parish as a two-lane, undivided road. LA 70 widens to a four lane, undivided road at an intersection with Louisiana Highway 3089, LA 308 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of State Highways In Louisiana (650–699)
The following is a list of state highways in the U.S. state of Louisiana designated in the 650–699 range. __NOTOC__ Louisiana Highway 650 Louisiana Highway 650 (LA 650) ran in a southeast to northwest direction between Gray and Schriever, Terrebonne Parish. From the southeast, LA 650 began at an intersection with LA 316 (Bayou Blue Road) at a point just east of Gray. It proceeded in a northerly direction along Bayou Blue Bypass Road. LA 650 briefly jogged to the east then back to the north, separating from Bayou Blue Bypass Road. It continued north along the Terrebonne – Lafourche Parish line to Martinez Road. Here it turned west onto Waterplant Road, skirting the southern boundary of Schriever. LA 650 entered Schriever then made a jog to the north and back to the west, proceeding to its terminus at LA 24. LA 650 was an undivided two-lane highway for its entire length. Louisiana Highway 651 Louisiana Highway 651 (LA 651) ran in a north–south directio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Verret
Lake Verret is natural lake located in Assumption, Parish, Louisiana, US. The lake is west of Napoleonville, Louisiana, south of Pierre Part, part of the Atchafalaya River Basin of the Lower Mississippi River Region, with of watershed that includes () in Ascension Parish () in Assumption Parish and () in Iberville Parish. Lake Verret is named after the first Spanish commandant Nicolas Verret. A historical monument was placed in front of the Assumption Parish Courthouse. Retrieved 2017-11-24 sits on the northeast side of Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grassy Lake (Louisiana)
Grassy Lake is , a natural lake, and is located in St. Martin and Assumption, Parishes, Louisiana. The of watershed includes Lake Verret, Lake Palourde, all draining into the Atchafalaya River, and finally the Gulf of Mexico. Grassy Lake is almost entirely in St. Martin Parish but Assumption Parish runs along the east side, just west of the shoreline. History At the turn of the century, late eighteenth to early twentieth, transportation to market of the crops, especially sugar cane, of the big plantation owners was a challenge. When water levels were high boats could travel on the bayous, lakes, canals, and rivers. Movement on some waterways would require assistance from teams of oxen. Levees would have a cordelle road built so the teams could pull the boats. One way of transporting goods was by the approximately ten miles Attakapas Canal connecting Bayou Lafourche at Napoleonville to Lake Verret. Access to the Atchafalya could then be from Lake Verret, Fourmile Bayou, Grassy L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atchafalaya Basin
The Atchafalaya Basin, or Atchafalaya Swamp (; Louisiana French: ''L'Atchafalaya'', ), is the largest wetland and swamp in the United States. Located in south central Louisiana, it is a combination of wetlands and river delta area where the Atchafalaya River and the Gulf of Mexico converge. The river stretches from near Simmesport, Louisiana, Simmesport in the north through parts of eight County (United States), parishes to the Morgan City, Louisiana, Morgan City southern area. The Atchafalaya is different among Louisiana basins because it has a growing delta system (''see illustration'') with wetlands that are almost stable. The basin contains about 70% forest habitat and about 30% marsh and open water. It contains the largest contiguous block of forested wetlands remaining (about 35%) in the lower Mississippi River valley and the largest block of floodplain forest in the United States. Best known for its iconic cypress-tupelo swamps, at , this block of forest represents the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such as arsenic or silicon. These additions produce a range of alloys that may be harder than copper alone, or have other useful properties, such as ultimate tensile strength, strength, ductility, or machinability. The three-age system, archaeological period in which bronze was the hardest metal in widespread use is known as the Bronze Age. The beginning of the Bronze Age in western Eurasia and India is conventionally dated to the mid-4th millennium BCE (~3500 BCE), and to the early 2nd millennium BCE in China; elsewhere it gradually spread across regions. The Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age starting from about 1300 BCE and reaching most of Eurasia by about 500 BCE, although bronze continued to be much more widely used than it is in mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell
A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be made by an internal "clapper" or "uvula", an external hammer, or—in small bells—by a small loose sphere enclosed within the body of the bell (jingle bell). Bells are usually cast from bell metal (a type of bronze) for its resonant properties, but can also be made from other hard materials. This depends on the function. Some small bells such as ornamental bells or cowbells can be made from cast or pressed metal, glass or ceramic, but large bells such as a church, clock and tower bells are normally cast from bell metal. Bells intended to be heard over a wide area can range from a single bell hung in a turret or bell-gable, to a musical ensemble such as an English ring of bells, a carillon or a Russian zvon which are tuned to a common scale and ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
