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Transportation at the time was extremely limited. There were almost no improved roads in the U.S. or in the Louisiana Territory and the first railroads were not built until the 1830s. [13] The only practical means for shipping agricultural products more than a few miles without exceeding their value was by water.
The local branch had approached the management of Tastykake, about employing black workers in the lucrative position of "driver-salesman." Driver-salesmen both drove the company's' delivery trucks and sold the company's goods to grocery stores and other retail outlets and thus were able to earn lucrative commissions on top of their salaries. [7]
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The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana. Pelican Publishing Company. ISBN 9781589806313. De Bachelle Seebold, Herman (1941). Old Louisiana Plantation Homes And Family Trees. Pelican Press. ISBN 1-58980-263-2. Federal Writers' Project (1947). Louisiana: A guide to the state. US History Publishers. ISBN 1603540172. Patton Malone, Anne ...
This is a complete list of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana,. The United States National Historic Landmark program is a program of the National Park Service , and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.
Louisiana – U.S. state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes , which are local governments equivalent to counties .