On State Highway 59 0.3 miles north of Interstate 12, on the left when traveling north.
St. Tammany Parish was among the Spanish-governed West Florida parishes and not included in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Residents revolted against Spanish rule September 1810, creating the Republic of West Florida. The republic lasted 74 days, . . . — — Map (db m99523) HM
On West Pennsylvania Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
John Slidell rose to prominence as a Louisiana politician in the decades before the War Between the States. A lawyer who began his career as a businessman, he moved to New Orleans in 1819. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in . . . — — Map (db m103519) HM
On Front Street (U.S. 11) near Pennsylvania Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Slidell, Louisiana was founded in 1883 during construction of a major new railroad from New Orleans to Meridian, Mississippi. The New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad established a building camp at first high ground north of Lake Pontchartrain . . . — — Map (db m103422) HM
Near Parish Parkway 1 mile south of Gause Boulevard (U.S. 190), on the right when traveling east.
The 130 acres of the Camp Salmen Nature Park were once part of the Salmen Brick and Lumber Company. Many bricks used to build New Orleans were manufactured on this site. The only remaining building in the camp is of historical and architectural . . . — — Map (db m108074) HM
Near East Howze Beach Road 0.5 miles west of West End Boulevard.
The St. Tammany Fishing Pier was built from sections of the original I-10 Twin Span Bridges which opened December 21, 1965. Tens of thousands of cars used these bridges to cross Lake Pontchartrain between Slidell and New Orleans until the morning . . . — — Map (db m115758) HM
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