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The Olive Jeanette is a twenty-four-foot cypress vessel built in 1926 by Lutcher and Moore Cypress Lumber Company. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1991. See also
Boeuf Wildlife Management Area is located in Caldwell and Catahoula Parishes, near the city of Columbia, Louisiana. The forest overstory is a relatively closed stand of mixed bottomland hardwoods. On higher elevations the predominant tree species are willow oak , water oak , Nuttall’s oak , rock elm , sweetgum , and persimmon .
Ruddock is a ghost town in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States.Ruddock was located on an isthmus between Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain, 10 miles (16 km) north-northeast of LaPlace.
The cypress trees were once so thick you could pull yourself along in a canoe or pirogue just by reaching out to grab cypress knees." [4] Beyond its ecological significance, Bayou Bienvenue has served cultural functions to the populations of the surrounding areas throughout the area's history of human occupation.
Cypress is an unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located near the intersection of Old River Road and LA-120, east of Flora on Isle Brevelle near the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail. The local waterways include Old River, Bayou Brevelle, and Kisatchie Bayou.
The ceilings of the first floor are 10' and 14' on the second story. The walls of the house are brick and lumber used for roof rafters, floor joists, etc. are thought to pit-sawn and employ timber framing techniques, i.e. mortise and tenon joints with pegs. The majority of the lumber is cypress with flooring made of long leaf pine.
The coming of the railroad enabled the growth of a logging industry. The part of Louisiana that included Calcasieu Parish was home to the finest longleaf pine in the world. When combined with the stands of cypress and other hardwood lumber, logging was a lucrative prospect. The railroad gave life to Vinton, starting with a switching track.
Visitors can see Louisiana cypress knee dolls, 300+ antique travel spoons, plantation workers’ pay tokens, antique quilts and needlework, Newcomb pottery, over two-thousand books, wood carvings, and many other sights original to the plantation. It has also been used as a set location for several motion pictures and television shows.