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The store was begun by Huey John Wilson in 1947 as a jewelry vendor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Ten years later, Wilson opened his first catalog showroom. By 1982, Wilson's was the third-largest catalog showroom chain in the United States. [1] At its peak, it had 80 stores in 12 states.
Baton Rouge Savings and Loan Association, Baton Rouge; Campbell Apartment Building, Baton Rouge, 1930; Howard Auditorium, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge ...
From Geismar to Baton Rouge, the route followed what is known as Old Jefferson Highway to downtown Baton Rouge. The original routing through downtown Baton Rouge followed Claycut Road, South Acadian Thruway, Government Street, 19th Street, and North Street to the former Mississippi River ferry landing to Port Allen.
A Louisiana Highway Department gravel truck driver pauses in front of his orange-colored vehicle (1972). The new Louisiana Constitution of 1976 (adopted in 1974) and Act 83 of 1977 abolished the Departments of Highways and Public Works and restructured them into the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), thereby encompassing related activities such as highways, public works ...
Louisiana Highway 3132 (LA 3132) is a freeway located in Shreveport, Louisiana.It runs 10.25 miles (16.50 km) in a general east–west direction from the junction of Interstates 20 and 220 to LA 523, serving as a southwestern bypass of the downtown area.
Statistics from 2014 show West Shreveport (71103) was the poorest ZIP code in the state with a per capita income of just $22,267; Queensborough, Shreveport (71109) was the fourth-poorest with $24,966; Caddo Heights/South Highlands (71108) was the fifth-poorest with $25,334; and Rodessa (71069) was the twenty-fourth-poorest with $34,346. [23]
Other names for the road were Hope Villa Road, as it traversed through the community of Hope Villa in Ascension Parish. When the Jefferson Highway auto trail was designated in 1916, Clay Cut and Hope Villa Roads became part of the new road (there is now another Claycut Road in Baton Rouge, located south of the present-day LA-73). When Louisiana ...
I-10 in Baton Rouge: US 61 in Baton Rouge: 1964 [10] current Baton Rouge spur; formerly designated as I-410 I-210: 12.40: 19.96 I-10 west of Lake Charles: I-10 east of Lake Charles: 1964 [11] current Lake Charles downtown bypass I-220: 17.62: 28.36 I-20/LA 3132 in Shreveport: I-20 in Bossier City: 1977 [12] current Shreveport–Bossier City ...