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The commission was renamed to the Louisiana State Parks and Recreation Commission. [2] In 1977, the Office of State Parks was created in the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism. [2] After the State Parks Commission of Louisiana was formed in 1934, 7 sites were acquired for use as state parks. [2]
Development of Metairie Playground began in 1945, following the end of World War II and during a time of civic progress in Jefferson Parish. [9] The playground was dedicated in 1952. [ 9 ] The playground was renamed on June 28, 2003, in memory of Wally Pontiff, Jr., who played college baseball for Louisiana State University . [ 3 ]
From the 1940s to the 1970s, Jefferson's population swelled with an influx of middle-class white families from Orleans Parish.The parish's population doubled in size from 1940 to 1950 and again from 1950 to 1960 as the parents behind the post–World War II baby boom, profiting from rising living standards and dissatisfied with their old neighborhoods, chose relocation to new neighborhoods of ...
The commission was renamed to the Louisiana State Parks and Recreation Commission. In 1977, the Office of State Parks was created in the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism. After the State Parks Commission of Louisiana was formed in 1934, 7 sites were acquired for use as state parks.
Protected areas of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (6 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Parish or Parishes Acres Owner Elmer's Island Wildlife Refuge Jefferson Parish: 1,145 State of Louisiana: Managed by the LDWF [23] Isle Dernieres Barrier Islands Refuge Terrebonne Parish: Wine, Trinity/East, Whiskey, and Raccoon Islands 1,900 State of Louisiana [24] Marsh Island Wildlife Refuge: Iberia Parish: 76,664 (now 71,000) LDWF [25]
In 2012, the Jefferson Parish campus of the International School of Louisiana (ISL) charter school opened in a leased JPPPS building on South Clearview Parkway in Elmwood. near Harahan. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The Jefferson Parish Public School board later arranged for the charter school to move from the Elmwood facility to the former Ralph J. Bunche ...
Location of Jefferson Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register ...