East Baton Rouge Archives - Page 6 of 7

In the early 1900s, the Standard Oil Company of Louisiana built one of the largest refineries in the world in Baton Rouge.

On February 27, 1859, the Steamboat Princess exploded on the Mississippi River killing between 70 and 200 passengers and crew.

Students United was a student-led campus movement that advocated for student concerns at Southern University.

Turner Browne, a still photographer and cinematographer, is best known for "Louisiana Cajuns/Cajuns de la Louisiane," published in 1977.

Enslaved people in Louisiana’s cities were engaged in nearly every labor role, from domestic service to dentistry.

Enslaved people in Louisiana’s cities were engaged in virtually every labor role, from domestic service to dentistry.

Wilmer Mills was a poet deeply rooted in the rural Protestant culture of the Plains, an area located between St. Francisville and Baton Rouge.

The United States’ entry into World War II spurred Louisiana’s recovery from the economic doldrums of the Great Depression.

President Zachary Taylor, a shrewd businessman and land speculator, owned a plantation near Baton Rouge that he called home after the 1820s.

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