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  2. List of ghost towns in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Pawnee, Allen Parish: Sawmill town 5.5 miles NNE of Oakdale on U.S. Route 165 [17] Peason, Sabine Parish: Sawmill town located on LA 118 north of Peason Ridge Wildlife Management Area [18] [19] [20] Pickering, Vernon Parish: On the KCS line, south of Leesville at the intersection of Louisiana Hwy 10. Founded and named after W.R. Pickering.

  3. Frenier, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Frenier is a ghost town in St. John the Baptist Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The community is located less than 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) northeast of Laplace and 7 miles (11 kilometres) north of Montz .

  4. St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    It is the third-smallest parish in Louisiana by land area and fifth-smallest by total area. St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana is located on the Mississippi River approximately 130 miles (210 km) upriver from the Gulf of Mexico and 30 miles (48 km) upriver from the City of New Orleans. The area, known as the River Region, has an abundance ...

  5. Cheniere Caminada, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    The geographically isolated multi-ethnic fishing village of between 1,500 and 1,600 inhabitants provided seafood to restaurants in New Orleans. In the aftermath of the hurricane 779 lost their lives and over 2,000 were killed by the time the hurricane dissipated.

  6. Legends of Myrtles Plantation - Wikipedia

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    There are a variety of other legends surrounding the Myrtles. The house is reputedly built over an Indian burial ground, and the ghost of a young Native American woman has been reported. During the Civil War, the house was ransacked by Union soldiers, and legend claims that three were killed in the house. Supposedly, there is a blood stain in a ...

  7. 15 killed and about 30 injured as truck crashed into New ...

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    Fans from both Notre Dame and Georgia in town for today's Sugar Bowl watch the investigation in the French Quarter from Canal Street after at least ten people were killed when a person allegedly ...

  8. Battered by hurricanes and tired of rebuilding, 90% of ... - AOL

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    In Cameron, Louisiana, hope comes from a natural gas plant that activists call a "carbon bomb." Battered by hurricanes and tired of rebuilding, 90% of population has left this coastal town Skip to ...

  9. Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] [6] As the population began swelling in what was then the western part of the parish, the seat was moved to Overton (another modern ghost town found near Minden) in 1836, because of its position at the head of the navigable portion of Dorcheat Bayou. Due to flooding and health concerns, the parish seat was moved to Athens in 1846, but ...