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The Poplar Grove Plantation, also once known as Popular Grove Plant and Refining Company, [2] is a historic building, site and cemetery, the plantation is from the 1820s and the manor house was built in 1884, located in Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Concordia Parish: 99001039 Sandbar Plantation House: September 2, 1999: Port Allen: West Baton Rouge Parish: 74002186 San Francisco Plantation House: May 30, 1974: Reserve: St. John the Baptist Parish: Open for tours 78003448
The Allendale Plantation under Henry Watkins Allen grew to 2,027 acres (820 ha), with 627 acres (254 ha) farmed. [7] Allen owned 125 enslaved African Americans. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Allen built his own railroad, which had been headquartered in what is now the town of Port Allen.
Frank Mundus (October 21, 1925 – September 10, 2008) was a fisherman and charter captain based in Montauk, New York who is said to be the inspiration for the character Quint in the book and movie Jaws. [1] [2] He started out as a shark hunter but later became a shark
Port Allen is a city in, and the parish seat of, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. [2] Located on the west bank of the Mississippi River , it is bordered by Interstate 10 and US Highway 190 .
The dormant rails gathered rust until 1964, when the easternmost 93 miles (150 km) from Rouses Point to Norwood Junction, NY were removed. The State of New York and Ogdensburg Port Authority assumed control of the remaining 26 miles (42 km) to Ogdensburg's grain elevators, seaport, and coal furnace for a state hospital.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Allen Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 4 properties listed on the National Register in the ...
The sacramental records of the former Loreto Mission are kept at the parish office of Most Holy Redeemer - Nativity. [7] Following extensive planning and renovations, The Sheen Center was opened in 2015 as the official Arts Center of the Archdiocese of New York and named for the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. [6]