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Cane River National Heritage Area - Natchitoches, LA | |
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Cane River National Heritage Area is a place where many cultures - American Indian, French, Spanish, African, Creole, and later American - came together to create a way of life dependent on the land, the river, and each other. |
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Cane River Creole National Historical Park - Natchez, LA | |
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Wander thoughtfully through the grounds of Oakland and Magnolia Plantations. While admiring a hand-wrought door hinge or a cleverly-worked wooden gate, we might reflect on the social and agricultural practices that built these tenant houses, pigeonniers, carpenter and blacksmith shops. The hand-hewn cypress beams, ancient bousillage walls, and weathered fencerows may ... |
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El Camino Real de Los Tejas National Historic Trail - Santa Fe, NM,TX,LA | |
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¡Hola! Bienvenidos al Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail. Come on a journey that will carry you through 300 years of Texas and Louisiana frontier settlement and development. |
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Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve - New Orleans, LA | |
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South Louisiana: Alligators. Bayous. Music with a beat that just won't stop. Food you'll never forget. And the Mississippi River rolling along through it all. Experience it at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. |
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New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park - New Orleans, LA | |
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A story rich with innovation, experimentation, controversy and emotion, the park provides an ideal setting to share the cultural history of the people and places that helped shape the development and progression of jazz in New Orleans. |
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Poverty Point National Monument - Epps, LA | |
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Located in northeastern Louisiana, Poverty Point commemorates a culture that thrived during the first and second millennia B.C. This site, which contains some of the largest prehistoric earth works in North America, is managed by the state of Louisiana. These state park facilities are open to the public. PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE NO FEDERAL FACILITIES. |