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The 4th Ward stretches through the city from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. [2] From the Mississippi River to Metairie Ridge, the upper boundary is Canal Street, New Orleans, across which is the 3rd Ward, and the lower boundary is St. Louis Street, across which is the 5th Ward.
Metairie (/ ˈ m ɛ t ər i / MET-ər-ee) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, and is part of the New Orleans metropolitan area.
Bayou Metairie was a stranded distributary bayou that was located in present-day New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, and Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA, that extended from the area known as River Ridge to Bayou St. John. Bayou Metairie was filled in during the late 19th century and early 20th century although remnants of Bayou Metairie persist.
Metairie Race Course Announcement The Times Picayune Thursday March 1, 1838. Before becoming a cemetery, the site, established on a high-and-dry ridge along Bayou Metairie (now Metairie Road), [3] was a horse racing track, founded in 1838 by Col. James Garrison and Richard Adams [4] who acquired the land from the New Orleans Canal and Banking Company.
First Presbyterian Church’s monthly community meal ministry known as the Welcome Table will provide a free sit-down dinner 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in the fellowship hall of the Sanctuary ...
In 1872, Metairie Cemetery opened on the outskirts of New Orleans, located on relatively high ground along the Metairie Ridge. It was the first example of a rural garden cemetery in the city. Despite bearing the name of a New Orleans suburban community, Metairie Cemetery resides within the city limits of New Orleans.
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Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies was established in 1909 by the Jefferson Parish School Board and named Metairie Ridge School. By 1912, the wood-framed, one-room schoolhouse had grown to an enrollment of 54. By 1929, grades 1 through 12 had been established and the school was renamed Metairie High School.