So named because in this bend, Sept. 1699, Bienville, coming down stream, met the British who had come up river to choose site for a settlement. Bienville convinced Captain Lewis Banks that the territory was in possession of the French. Early . . . — — Map (db m42679) HM
This property was first recorded on a 1723 French
colonial map of Louisiana. Louis Brognier de Clouet,
a prominent Frenchman and critical figure in the
development of New Orleans acquired this land
from a Spanish land grant in 1774. The . . . — — Map (db m205279) HM
Plaquemines Parish was founded on March 31, 1807 stretching from English Turn south 100 miles along both banks of the Mississippi River. The name originates from piakamin, the Mobile Indian word for persimmon. Fort St. Philip at Plaquemines Bend was . . . — — Map (db m213940) HM
Woodlawn High School was built at this site in 1950
and is historically significant at the national level
for its association with the struggle to end racial
segregation in public schools during the 1960s.
Woodlawn was originally intended to . . . — — Map (db m205918) HM
