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From there, LA 46 connects to the towns of Yscloskey (via LA 625), Shell Beach, and Hopedale (via LA 624) before ending at a dead end with the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal. LA 46 is a divided, four-lane highway from LA 39 / LA 3021 /North Claiborne Avenue to LA 47 /Paris Road, where it narrows to an undivided, two-lane highway from LA 47 ...
In 1953, Shell bought a second plantation site. The property that Shell bought was the site of a major slave revolt in 1811. Black sharecroppers were farming the land when Shell announced that they were building a chemical plant. The black sharecroppers moved across the road from the plantation and into a subdivision that became known as Diamond.
Ralph R. Miller, member of the Louisiana House from 1968 to 1980 and 1982 to 1992; father of Gregory A. Miller; George T. Oubre, state senator from 1968 to 1972 for St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes; candidate for state attorney general in December 1971, while residing in Norco
It is situated on the eastern side of the Avoca Island Cutoff and the far west side of Shell Beach Road It is in situated partially in Assumption Parish and bisected by Louisiana Highway 70 about 5–6 miles (8–9 km) south of Pierre Part and about 13 miles (21 km) north of Morgan City.
Royal Dutch Shell Plc began the permanent shutdown of its 211,146 barrel-per-day (bpd) Convent, Louisiana refinery, the company said on Tuesday. "We’re engaged in a phased shutdown of Convent ...
Louisiana Highway 48 (LA 48) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Charles and Jefferson Parishes. It runs from west to east, parallel to the east bank of the Mississippi River, from Norco to Jefferson. It spans a total of 20.9 miles (33.6 km). [1]
Shell Beach is an unincorporated community in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located on the Mississippi River – Gulf Outlet Canal near Lake Borgne, 18 miles (29 km) east-southeast of Chalmette. Fort Proctor, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located near Shell Beach. [2]
Oscar K. Allen, governor of Louisiana from 1932–1936, taught school for a time at Pleasant Hill in the first decade of the 20th century. Edgar Hull, co-founder of both the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, practiced medicine in Pleasant Hill from 1929-1931. [6]