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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YDE_the-southern-hotel_Covington-LA.html
At the turn of the 20th century, Covington was famous for its healthful, healing environment. Excursionists came by schooner and by rail to breathe the pine-scented air and drink the pure waters. To accommodate the many guests, Covington, like oth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YD8_john-slidell_Slidell-LA.html
John Slidell rose to prominence as a Louisiana politician in the decades before the War Between the States. A lawyer who began his career as a businessman, he moved to New Orleans in 1819.He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1843…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YA0_slidell-an-overview_Slidell-LA.html
Slidell, Louisiana was founded in 1883 during construction of a major new railroad from New Orleans to Meridian, Mississippi. The New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad established a building camp at first high ground north of Lake Pontchartrain wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y9W_john-slidell_Slidell-LA.html
John Slidell was an American politician and diplomat. Born in New York City in 1793, he later moved to New Orleans, where he practiced law from 1819 to 1835. He married Mathilde Deslonde, a member of a respected family. A member of the state Hous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y9F_1st-united-methodist-church_Slidell-LA.html
Oldest Methodist Assembly in Slidell. Founded in a brush arbor on Sept. 26, 1887, as Methodist Episcopal Church South. Joined the Louisiana Conference in 1894. Present site dedicated July 16, 1961.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y9E_john-slidell_Slidell-LA.html
In 1883, Baron Erlanger named our city in honor of his father-in-law, John Slidell. Slidell had been a confidant of two American Presidents and a powerful member of the U.S. Senate from which he resigned in 1861, when Louisiana seceded from the Un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y6V_city-of-slidell-centennial_Slidell-LA.html
Named for diplomat and U.S. Senator John Slidell of Louisiana by son-in-law Baron Frederic Erlanger, one of the financiers of New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad. Incorporated Nov. 13, 1888.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y6U_slidell-town-hall-and-jail_Slidell-LA.html
Built in 1907, this building replaced the original wooden Jail and Mayor's Office. It was Town Hall until 1954 and the Jail until 1963. The town's fire engine was located in the addition from 1928 until 1954.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y6M_fontainebleau-plantation-sugar-mill_Mandeville-LA.html
These ruins are all that remain of Fountainebleau Plantation, once the summer home and plantation of Bernard de Marigny. Born in 1785 to a family closely tied to the earliest colonial efforts in Louisiana, Marigny accumulated and lost a fortune in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WD7_courthouse-square-and-historic-oaks-historical_Covington-LA.html
Courthouse Square and Historic Oaks These graceful oaks were planted hundreds of years ago, predating the street plan of 1813. The WWI monument seen in the image on the right is all that remains at this site following the demolition of the old cou…