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Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is featured in the historical novel Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen.As depicted in the novel, the "blacksmith shop" was mainly a cover for maintaining a gang of exceptionally tall and strong black slaves – who were ostensibly engaged in shoeing horses while being used by the Lafitte brothers for intimidation, extortion and other criminal activities in and around New ...
Row of shops along lower Magazine Street in the 10th Ward. The 10th Ward is a division of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. The 10th Ward is one of the 17 wards of New Orleans. [1] The ward is one of the city's Uptown wards, formerly the old Faubourg Lafayette annexed by New Orleans in the 1850s.
Cafe Lafitte in Exile is a bar in New Orleans' French Quarter that has operated continuously since 1933. It claims to be the oldest continuously operating gay bar in the United States (along with White Horse Inn in Oakland, California, which has also operated since 1933).
Big Easy, Small Budget. Zesty seafood, live music, and elegant architectural gems converge in New Orleans. The city was battered in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina, but has made a comeback.
Pierre Lafitte (c. 1770–1821) was a pirate in the Gulf of Mexico and smuggler in the early 19th century. He also ran a blacksmith shop in New Orleans, his legitimate business.
1854 2010. Lafayette Square is the second-oldest public park in New Orleans, Louisiana (after Jackson Square), located in the present-day Central Business District.During the late 18th century, this was part of a residential area called Faubourg Sainte Marie (English: St. Mary Suburb).
Orleans Parish: 071: New Orleans: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. Today coterminous with the City of New Orleans. Named after Philippe, Duke of Orléans, the regent of France 364,136: 350 sq mi (906 km 2) Ouachita Parish: 073: Monroe: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. The Ouachita Native American people 157,568: 633 sq mi (1,639 km ...
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