Covington is the parish seat for St. Tammany Parish
Slidell is in St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany Parish(51) ► ADJACENT TO ST. TAMMANY PARISH Jefferson Parish(96) ► Orleans Parish(441) ► St. Bernard Parish(69) ► Tangipahoa Parish(32) ► Washington Parish(13) ► Hancock County, Mississippi(36) ► Pearl River County, Mississippi(9) ►
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Oldest Methodist Assembly in Slidell. Founded in a brush arbor on Sept. 26, 1887 as Methodist Episcopal Church South. Joined the Louisiana Conference in 1894. Present site dedicated July 16, 1961. — — Map (db m103375) HM
Named for diplomat and U.S. Senator John Slidell of Louisiana by son-in-law Baron Frederic Erlanger, one of the financiers of New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad. Incorporated Nov. 13, 1888. — — Map (db m103255) HM
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
In 1699 Bienville visited the Colapissa Indians who lived in this area. The Indians called the Pearl River "Taleatcha" ("rock river") because of pearls found in shells from its waters. The French found the river water good to drink. — — Map (db m127953) HM
In 1883, Baron Erlanger named our city in honor of his father-in-law, John Slidell. Slidell had been a confidant of two American Presidents and a powerful member of the U.S. Senate from which he resigned in 1861, when Louisiana seceded from the . . . — — Map (db m103376) HM
John Slidell was an American politician and diplomat. Born in New York City in 1793, he later moved to New Orleans, where he practiced law from 1819 to 1835. He married Mathilde Deslonde, a member of a respected family. A member of the state House . . . — — Map (db m103417) HM
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
In 1810 residents of Louisiana's Florida Parishes rose in an armed insurrection and overthrew the Spanish government.
The Independent Republic of West Florida existed for 74 days before being forcibly annexed by American forces on December . . . — — Map (db m241809) HM
Affectionately called Salmen Lodge by the Scouts, this French Creole cottage was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 and is one of a few early structures preserved along Bayou Liberty. Built by one of the early settlers with . . . — — Map (db m108131) HM
Built in 1907, this building replaced the original wooden Jail and Mayor's Office. It was the Town Hall until 1954 and the Jail until 1963. The town's fire engine was located in the addition from 1928 until 1954. — — Map (db m103256) HM
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
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
