History
Filles à la Cassette
The filles à la cassette (translated in English as “casket girls”) is the name given to French girls brought to Louisiana beginning in 1721 to marry colonists already living in the colony.
The filles à la cassette (translated in English as “casket girls”) is the name given to French girls brought to Louisiana beginning in 1721 to marry colonists already living in the colony.
The old Ursuline Convent remains as the only French colonial structure in the French Quarter known to have survived the fires of 1788 and 1794 and one of the oldest buildings in the Mississippi Valley.
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