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Vidalia was founded by Don José Vidal, when he was secretary to Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, the Spanish Governor of the Natchez District from 1792 to 1797. This was in a brief period of Spanish rule of former French territory west of the Mississippi River. Napoleon took it back and he sold it to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
James H. "Jim" Brown, state senator (1972–1980), Louisiana secretary of state (1980–1988), and insurance commissioner (1992–2000) Charles C. Cordill, Louisiana state senator representing Concordia and Tensas parishes from 1884 to 1912 [21] Brenham C. Crothers, Ferriday cattleman; state senator from delta parishes from 1948 to 1952 and ...
Location of Concordia Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which ...
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Historically housing for enslaved people on Louisiana plantations (prior to the reconstruction era), featured cabins consisting of two rooms, with one family in each room. [16] After the American Civil War in 1865, the United States of America had abolished slavery , and the architecture changed for laborers on plantations to include more space ...
The Sidney A. Murray Jr. Hydroelectric Station, also known as Louisiana Hydroelectric (LA Hydro), opened in response to a need for a non-polluting, less-costly power source for Vidalia, Louisiana. A site approximately 40 miles south of the town was selected for the new facility. The 192 MW plant started full-scale operations in 1990. [1]
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.
Vidalia, Georgia. Vidalia, Georgia, micropolitan area, an area defined by the United States Census Bureau; Vidalia Regional Airport, in Georgia; Vidalia, Louisiana. Natchez–Vidalia Bridge, two twin cantilever bridges carrying US Routes 65, 84 and 425 across the Mississippi River between Vidalia, Louisiana and Natchez, Mississippi