Business & Industry
Higgins Industries
During World War II, Higgins Industries designed 92 percent of US Navy vessels, the majority of which were produced by workers in New Orleans.
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Architecture
Highland Plantation
The Barrow family built Highland Plantation in antebellum St. Francisville, Louisiana.
History
Hilda Phelps Hammond
Hilda Phelps Hammond cast herself as Huey P. Long's nemesis and worked energetically but unsuccessfully to have him removed from office.
Architecture
Historic Preservation
New Orleans's French Quarter was an early testing ground for preservation measures, and it continues to be one today.
Archaeology
Historical Archaeology in Louisiana
Archaeologists at sites across Louisiana help fill in the written record through physical excavations of the past.
History
Home Colonies
After the Civil War, the federal government briefly operated places of refuge for sick, injured, and elderly formerly enslaved people that proved both benevolent and coercive.
Government, Politics & Law
Home Rule Charters
A home rule charter allows local governments to exercise all powers not explicitly denied by state law or constitution.
Architecture
Hotel Bentley
For the first sixty years of its existence, the Hotel Bentley was the social hub of Alexandria.
6.8 a.-b., 6.9 g.-h. Houma Nation
In the eighteenth century Houma people established trade and political relationships with French and Spanish colonists. In the twentieth century Houmas unified their community and successfully struggled for political recognition.
Peoples of Louisiana
Houma Nation
The United Houma Nation claims approximately 17,000 members and continues to keep Native American traditions alive from their tribal center in Lafourche Parish.
Architecture
Houmas House Plantation
Houmas House Plantation in Darrow is an excellent example of the peripteral type of Greek Revival architecture in which the main structure is surrounded by grand columns, each with an uninterrupted span from ground level to the roofline.
8.12 h. Huey P. Long Jr.
Huey Long rose from ordinary beginnings in Winn Parish to become Louisiana’s most famous politician.
