New Orleans Historical
A project by The Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at the University of New OrleansNew Orleans Historical is a web and mobile platform for sharing stories and scholarship about New Orleans and the surrounding area. A project of the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at the University of New Orleans, New Orleans Historical is a free app available on your Android or iPhone smartphone or tablet as well as on the web.
Featured Stories
Fort Pike
In 1819, President James Monroe commissioned Fort Pike’s construction alongside six other forts on the Louisiana coast. [2] Originally known as Fort Petites Coquilles, Monroe commissioned the fort with the intention of protecting the city of New…
Madame Josephine Decuir
By the 1870s, steamboats carried passengers up and down the Mississippi River, docking in the ports of major cities like New Orleans. Here, in July 1872, Captain John Benson denied Josephine Decuir née Dubuclet entry into the women’s cabin on the…
UNO Administrators and Integration
Head back toward the bus stop, passing the amphitheater on your right and the administration building on your left. The administration building is a rather nondescript edifice, reflective of the role played by LSUNO's early administrators in the…
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Jackson Barracks
10 Locations ~ Curated by Louisiana National Guard. Tour by Rhett Breerwood, LANG HistorianOretha Castle Haley Boulevard: A Great American Main Street
8 Locations ~ Curated by Jennie Garcia, Dr. Michelle Thompson, with Adriana BennettBridging Lake Pontchartrain
4 Locations ~ Curated by Graham Cooper & University of New Orleans History DepartmentPlessy v. Ferguson: The Fight for Civil Rights in New Orleans
7 Locations ~ Curated by Plessy & Ferguson Initiative with UNO student collaboratorsSupport Our Work
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