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A post office called Paris was established in 1820, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1841. [2] The community was named for Paris , in France. [ 3 ]
Centreville (City-center, or Downtown. Note the "re" spelling of centre, as opposed to "er" as in center) Citronelle (named after the citrus trees) [4] Daphne; Dauphin Island (The island was originally named "Ile Dauphine" after Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, the Dauphine (crown princess) of France in 1711). [5] DeArmanville [4]
The area of the département du Nord in the second half of the nineteenth century was notably associated with exoticism and colonialism.The Musée industriel et commercial et des colonies was created in Lille in 1853, to be renamed the Musée commercial et colonial in 1884, no doubt spurred on by the area's links to overseas shipping.
The historical marker at Fort Ouiatenon. Fort Ouiatenon, built in 1717, was the first fortified European settlement in what is now Indiana, United States. [2] It was a palisade stockade with log blockhouse used as a French trading post on the Wabash River located approximately three miles southwest of modern-day West Lafayette. [3]
This is a list of forts in New France built by the French government or French chartered companies in what later became Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States. They range from large European-type citadels like at Quebec City to tiny fur-trade posts. [3]
The Indiana World War Memorial, begun in 1926 and finished in 1965, is a building commemorating World War I and II veterans. It is 210 feet (64 m) tall, made of Indiana limestone, and based on the Mausoleum of Mausolus. Within it is a military museum.
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Location of Lawrence County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lawrence County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...