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The entire Mississippi River Valley from St. Louis south was affected, and tens of thousands fled the stricken cities of New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Memphis.The epidemic in the Lower Mississippi Valley also greatly affected trade in the region, with orders of steamboats to be tied up in order to reduce the amount of travel along the Mississippi River, railroad lines were halted, and all the ...
Chess. Rounder. Maison de Soul. Irma Thomas (née Lee; born February 18, 1941) [1][2] is an American singer from New Orleans. [3] She is known as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans". [2] Thomas is a contemporary of Aretha Franklin and Etta James, but never experienced their level of commercial success. [2] In 2007, she won the Grammy Award for Best ...
Capture of New Orleans. The capture of New Orleans (April 25 – May 1, 1862) during the American Civil War was a turning point in the war that precipitated the capture of the Mississippi River. Having fought past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the Union was unopposed in its capture of the city itself. Many residents resented the controversial ...
Children under the age of 5 are 7.6% of the city's population. Women made up 52.4% of the population. The median income for a household in 2011 was $34,960 and the mean household income was $51,105 in the City of Memphis. Of the population 27.2% and 22.6% of families were below the poverty line in 2011.
Shamarr Allen was dozing at home one evening last July when he was startled awake by a TV news item. There had been a shooting among a group of children in the 7th Ward of New Orleans, only a few ...
Storyville, New Orleans. Coordinates: 29°57′32.69″N 90°04′25.73″W. One of the few surviving buildings from Storyville, 2005 photograph. 100 years earlier, the "New Image Supermarket" building housed Frank Early's saloon, where Tony Jackson regularly played. Storyville was the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1897 to ...
Gallier Hall is a historic building on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana.It is the former New Orleans city hall, and continues in civic use. Built 1845–1853, it is a nationally significant example of Greek Revival architecture, and one of the finest works of architect James Gallier. [3]
September 4, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Nashville has become a hotspot for NBA training camps. Several teams have come to the Music City in the past for their preseason camps, but for the first time two are ...