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Belle Isle Salt Mine Collapse
Once one of the most productive salt mines in the country, the Belle Isle Salt Mine was the site of numerous deadly accidents.
Once one of the most productive salt mines in the country, the Belle Isle Salt Mine was the site of numerous deadly accidents.
One of the wealthiest Louisiana residents of his generation, Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville was active in Louisiana politics and lucratively subdivided his New Orleans plantation, creating the neighborhood that still bears his name.
An integrated labor union violently suppressed by lumber barons.
For a state experiencing land loss at an alarming rate, coastal restoration has become an urgent need.
One of the worst environmental disasters in US history
Exploitable petroleum deposits were found in Louisiana in 1901, changing the state's economy and landscape forever.
Labor union meeting results in death and arrest of timber workers.
Born in Delta, Louisiana, in 1867, hair care and cosmetics mogul Madam C. J. Walker was the first African American millionaire.
The oil and gas industry has been a dominant economic engine in Louisiana for well over a century.
Enslaved people endured brutal conditions on sugarcane and cotton plantations during the antebellum period.
The Shreve Town Company was a for-profit business venture that led to the establishment of what is today known as Shreveport, the largest city in northwest Louisiana.
The Singer Submarine Company operated a naval yard on the banks of Cross Bayou that built five Confederate submarines, four of which were sunk before seeing combat.
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