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The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré (UK: /ˌvjɜː kəˈreɪ/; US: /vjə kəˈreɪ/; [4] French: [vjø kaʁe]), is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans ( French : Nouvelle-Orléans ) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville , the city developed around the Vieux Carré ("Old ...
The Story of French New Orleans: History of a Creole City. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1496804860. Haas, Edward F. (1988). Political Leadership in a Southern City: New Orleans in the Progressive Era, 1896–1902. New Orleans: McGinty Publications. ISBN 978-0940231047. Haskins, James (1973). Pinckney Benton Stewart ...
de Pauger's 1725 Plan of Mobile, Alabama. Adrien de Pauger (born ca. 1685 [1] or 1682, [2] died 9 June 1726) [3] was the French engineer and cartographer who designed the streets of the Vieux Carre, today known as the "French Quarter", and drew the original map of the city that became New Orleans, Louisiana.
1863 – New-Orleans Times newspaper begins publication. [4] 1866 – New Orleans riot; 1867 – Another in the long series of yellow fever epidemics; this one took its toll in Texas, as well. 1868 Louisiana readmitted to the Union. Straight University founded. 1869 – New Orleans University founded. [22] 1870 Algiers and Jefferson City annexed.
Also in the French Quarter is the old New Orleans Mint, a former branch of the United States Mint which now operates as a museum, and The Historic New Orleans Collection, a museum and research center housing art and artifacts relating to the history and the Gulf South.
In 1853, cathedral officials sold the Presbytère to the city, and in 1908 the city sold it to the state. In 1911 it became part of the Louisiana State Museum. [5] It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970. [2] [4] View of Jackson Square. The Cathedral is the central building, with the Cabildo to the left and the Presbytere to the right.
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
After the American Civil War, Beauregard returned to 1113 Chartres Street and lived in the house from 1866 to 1868. [8] He then moved with his son René and a widowed older sister to a home at 934 Royal Street, where he lived until 1875. [9] In 1925, a new owner of the house wanted to tear it down to erect factories.