Literature

Southwestern Humor
Southwestern humor is a literary genre that flourished in the southeastern United States between 1830 and 1865.
Southwestern humor is a literary genre that flourished in the southeastern United States between 1830 and 1865.
Spiritualism, a practice centered on communicating with the spirits of the dead, influenced several religious groups in Louisiana.
St. Emma Plantation was the site of a Civil War skirmish known as the Battle of Kock's Plantation.
St. John the Evangelist Church in Plaquemine, Louisiana, was modeled on Early Christian and Romanesque churches of Italy.
Established in 1789, St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 is the oldest cemetery in the city of New Orleans.
On February 27, 1859, the Steamboat Princess exploded on the Mississippi River killing between 70 and 200 passengers and crew.
Swamps have a unique place in the literature, film and folklore of Louisiana.
Tabasco is a popular brand of pepper sauce products and related items manufactured by McIlhenny Company, a privately held, family-owned business headquartered on Avery Island, Louisiana.
This spicy sauce is made in Louisiana and sold around the world.
In the 1840s Theodore Sydney Moise moved to New Orleans, where he operated a successful portrait studio for decades.
Artist and travel writer Thomas Addison Richards captured unique natural features of the South, depicting the region's lofty river banks, picturesque live oaks, and lush cypress-filled swampland.
The third governor of Louisiana after its admission as a state, Thomas Robertson served from 1820 to 1824.
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