LouisianaHistoryMinute

An oilfield worker discovered the healing powers of the hot water coming out of a failed oil well. Soon after that, the site would be developed into a resort the locals hoped would rival Hot Springs, Arkansas. This Louisiana History Minute tells the story of the Hot Wells Resort site near Boyce and its turbulent past. Reading List ===== Hot Wells: A Louisiana Ghost https://amzn.to/3P8eniG Hot Wells Health Resort http://rapidesgenealogy.org/history/hotwells.htm Heart of Louisiana: Hot Wells Resort https://www.fox8live.com/story/32421139/heart-of-louisiana-hot-wells-resort/ Hope for Hot Wells https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2017/08/04/hope-hot-wells-see-what-new-owners-plan-historic-site/536572001/ —-- Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, US Library of Congress, Alexandria Town Talk, Oakdale Journal Video by jLasWilson from Pixabay, Life of Vids, and Google Earth ===== Louisiana History Minute | Hot Wells | Alexandria, Louisiana

In April 1841, survey crews planted a larger granite block in the ground near the 32nd parallel to mark the United States’ international border with the Republic of Texas. The marker is still on the meridian today near Logansport. This Louisiana History Minute tells the story of the only international border marker standing within the contiguous United States. Reading List ===== The Elusive East Texas Border https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1265&context=ethj Town of Logansport http://www.townoflogansport.com/About-Logansport/Historical-Sites-And-Places-of-Interest/International-Boundary-Marker.aspx Some Queries concerning the Texas-Louisiana Sabine Boundary https://www.jstor.org/stable/30240685 Evolution of the Texas-Louisiana Boundary https://www.smu.edu/Dedman/Research/Institutes-and-Centers/SWCenter/Publications/Center-Publications/Elusive-Corner A history of the Western Boundary of the Louisiana Purchase, 1819-1841. Page 239 https://books.google.com/books?id=l363ei31ILoC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Western Louisiana's Neutral Strip: Its History, People, And Legends - Louisiana Folklife https://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/nslejeune1.html —-- Photo credits: Texas State Archives, U.S Library of Congress Music credit: Documentary from AudioJungle ===== Louisiana History Minute | International Border Marker | Logansport, Louisiana

In September 1976, a towboat pushing 2 barges full of oyster shells lost control and hit the Manchac Pass Bridge. The strike caused the bridge to collapse, killing 1 person and injuring 2 others. This Louisiana History Minute looks at the disaster and its aftermath. Reading List ===== A barge hits the Manchac Bridge - Hammond Star https://www.hammondstar.com/news/the-day-a-barge-hit-the-manchac-bridge/article_e30b0619-b068-5939-9892-bb88dd610536.html Norco Woman remembers the Bridge Collapse https://www.heraldguide.com/lifestyles/norco-woman-still-remembers-horrific-manchac-bridge-collapse/ Manchac Bridge - LA DOTD http://www.dotd.la.gov/Inside_LaDOTD/Divisions/Engineering/HBI/Documents1/Historic%20American%20Engineering%20Recordation%20(HAER)%20Documents%20for%2017%20Historic%20Bridges/LA-38_062080_Pass%20Manchac/Report/LA-38_062080.pdf Barge Hits Bridge, Truck and Car Fall in Louisiana Channel https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/14/archives/barge-hits-bridge-truck-and-car-fall-in-louisiana-channel.html —-- Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, Shreveport Times, Town Talk, Daily Advertiser, Wayne Norwood, bridgehunter.com Music: Birth of a Hero at bensound.com ===== Louisiana History Minute | Manchac | Disaster

In 1931, Famed Explorer Richard Byrd sent out a team to exhibit to the country what they had found on their Antarctic Expedition. Two of his prized huskies were on the trip when it stopped in Monroe. One of the dogs would end up dead, and the monument the Monroe citizens built for it went missing. This Louisiana History Minute tells the story of Unalaska's death and stolen memorial. Reading List ===== Alone - The Classic Polar Adventure by Richard Byrd https://amzn.to/3QuWBYp Discovery - The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition by Richard E. Byrd, Jr. https://amzn.to/3OqnLOp Unalaska - Lead Dog on Byrd Antarctic Expedition https://americacomesalive.com/unalaska-lead-dog-on-byrd-antarctic-expedition/ Unalaska - Southern Mourning, Southern Calls, Vol. 13, September 2016 https://southerncalls.com/article/unalaska-1923-1931/ The Cold Cold War - Arctic Institute https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/cold-cold-war-rear-admiral-richard-byrd-antarctic-expeditions-evolution-americas-strategic-interest-polar-regions/ —-- Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, US Library of Congress, Byrd Polar and Climate Center, Lora Peppers, Newspapers.com Music by madIRFAN from Pixabay ====== Louisiana History Minute | Unalaska | Monroe

In May 1947 dozens of children in three parishes started getting sick. The cause was traced back to bubble gum. Gum was seized and banned from stores. In this Louisiana History Minute we tell you the story of the great bubble gum scare of 1947. Reading List ===== Bubble Gum Seized - Daily Advertiser https://www.newspapers.com/image/536506546/?terms=%22bubble%20gum%22&match=1 Are you Blowin’ Poison Bubbles? - West Carroll Gazette https://www.newspapers.com/image/474386756/?terms=%22bubble%20gum%22&match=1 History of Bubble Gum https://www.thoughtco.com/the-invention-of-bubble-gum-1779256 Opening of Paris Bubble Gum Factory https://texasarchive.org/2011_02350 ----- Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, US Library of Congress, Newspapers.com, Briscoe Center for American History, Freepix.com Music by kaazoom from Pixabay ===== Louisiana History Minute | Bubble Gum | Natchitoches Parish

One a lazy Saturday afternoon in April 1910, a small fire broke out behind the old opera house in Lake Charles. Fueled by high winds and old wooden buildings, the fire spread quickly through the streets of downtown Lake Charles destroying over 100 buildings and 16 blocks. Hear the story in this Louisiana History Minute. Reading List ===== Calcasieu Historical Preservation Society https://www.calcasieupreservation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81:the-great-fire-of-1910&catid=51&Itemid=52 Louisiana Digital Media http://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LSWI-3331-1910LakeCharlesFire Fire Walk - The Architecture of Recovery https://www.calcasieupreservation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=51&Itemid=201 The Fire of 1910 in Lake Charles - Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en&mid=1p_S9tVxubaDyckSLQsOWrbT7n48&ll=30.224900666821778%2C-93.21297520045704&z=16 The Great Fire of Lake Charles - Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWJvwepH6VQ —-- Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, US Library of Congress Music by kaazoom from Pixabay ===== Louisiana History Minute | Disaster | Lake Charles

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On a practice run over Harahan for the 1910 Michelin Cup for Endurance, world-famous aviator John Moisant was thrown from his monoplane as he prepared to land. This Louisiana History Minute tells the story of his last flight and how a group of citizens tried to save him. Reading List ===== The Magnificent Moisants by Doris L. Rich https://amzn.to/3GXa8DD Mr. Moisant’s Fateful Visit http://old-new-orleans.com/NO_Moisant.html The Daring Mr. Moisant https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/the-daring-mr-moisant-78148130/ Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport History https://flymsy.com/passengers/history/ —-- Photos Credits, Louisiana Digital Library, New Orleans Times-Democrat. Music Credit: AudioJungle, Documentary ===== Louisiana History Minute | Harahan | New Orleans | airplane crash

Judge John Watkins of Minden had the vision to build a covered road east of Shreveport to help farmers get their goods to markets along the Red River. By 1874, crews were constructing a nine-mile-long covered road that would become the first all-weather road in the South. This Louisiana History Minute tells the story of Bossier Parish’s original Shed Road. Reading List: Historic Shreveport-Bossier City https://amzn.to/3zddwIS Bossier Parish https://amzn.to/3N4Z8qa Shed Road - 64 Parishes https://64parishes.org/entry/shed-road Bossier Parish History https://www.bossiercity.org/281/City-History Shed Road - Youtube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ_gQkXlCpQ Photo credits: Louisiana Digital Library, Scientific America, David Price Collection, Google Earth, Rick Rowe Youtube Music Credit: Audio Jungle - Documentary

In April 1970, 20-30 sticks of dynamite exploded in the Louisiana Senate Chambers. Another bomb at the Baton Rouge Country Club exploded just moments before. A mysterious black arrow with a note arrived at the Morning Advocate Building. This Louisiana History Minute tells the story of the bomb that rocked the state capitol building and had Baton Rouge on edge. ===== Reading List The Louisiana Capitol, Its Art and Architecture by Vincent Kubly https://amzn.to/3lQLdYQ The Pelican Guide to the Louisiana Capitol https://amzn.to/3a3DUu2 New York Times Article https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/27/archives/1-of-2-baton-rouge-explosions-rips-capitols-senate-chamber.html Louisiana Capitol Tour https://house.louisiana.gov/pubinfo/VirtualTour/senate_chamber.htm Legends and Lore https://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/brcapitol.html ----- Photo Credits: US Library of Congress, Louisiana Digital Library, State Times, Shreveport Journal, Shreveport Times, Daily Advertiser. Music: GuilhermeBernardes from Pixabay ===== Louisiana History Minute | State Capitol | Bombing | Baton Rouge

In 1987, on a nine-city tour of America, Pope John Paul the II stopped in New Orleans for three days. This Louisiana History Minute tells the story of his whirlwind trip to the Big Easy. ===== Reading List - His Holiness Pope John Pual II Visits The City of New Orleans by the Archdiocese of New Orleans https://amzn.to/3wOLX5V - Pope John Paul II visited New Orleans https://www.nola.com/300/article_ee8e0a2c-4f98-51b4-a49b-ee54d696e158.html - Tricentennial Thursday: New Orleans makes history: A Popemobile on Decatur Street https://clarionherald.org/news/tricentennial-thursday-new-orleans-makes-history-a-popemobile-on-decatur-street - WWLTV Footage of Pope John Paul II's visit to New Orleans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYbCMH9qB-U - Recalling St. John Paul II's seven visits to the United States https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/44069/recalling-st-john-paul-iis-seven-visits-to-the-united-states - Pope John Paul II Biographical Profile https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/biografia/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20190722_biografia.html ----- Photo credits: Louisiana Digital Library, WWLTV Youtube Channel, Archdiocese of New Orleans. Track: Returning Home, SE Music by https://www.fiftysounds.com ====== Louisiana History Minute | Pope John Paul II | New Orleans

In the early 1980s, archaeologists discovered mounds near Monroe. Watson Brake turned out to be the oldest human structure ever found in North America. This Louisiana History Minute tells the story of the mounds of Watson Brake. ===== Reading List Ancient Mounds of Watson Brake: Oldest Earthworks in North America https://amzn.to/3NtmRjx Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley by Megan C. Kassabaum https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/sites/www.sas.upenn.edu.anthropology/files/Kassabaum2015.pdf Heart of Louisiana: Watson Brake https://www.fox8live.com/2020/06/23/heart-louisiana-watson-brake/ Watson Brake Archaeological Site - 64 Parishes https://64parishes.org/entry/watson-brake-archaeological-site Earliest Mound Site - Archaeology Magazine https://archive.archaeology.org/9801/newsbriefs/mounds.html ----- Photo Credits: US Library of Congress, WVUE TV FOX 8, Joe Saunders, Herb Roe, Steven N. Patricia. Music: Audio Jungle "The Documentaries" ===== Louisiana History Minute | Indian Mounds | Watson Brake

Paul Morphy was beating opponents at chess when he was just ten years old. He went on to become the World Chess Champion. This Louisiana History Minute tells the story of the New Orleans native and how his life took a turn for the worst. ===== Reading List - Paul Morphy: Pride and Sorrow of Chess https://amzn.to/3M6AOnm - Beauregard-Keys House https://www.bkhouse.org/morphy - Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor... - World of Chess https://worldchesshof.org/chess-hall-... - The Opera Game https://amzn.to/39FpgsO ----- Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, US Library of Congress, The New Orleans Historic Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia US National Archives Music by Pixabay - Cinematic Ambient Feeling ===== Louisiana History Minute | Chess | Paul Morphy

A Union General and a Sacred Heart Reverend Mother teamed up to protect the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau during the Civil War. This Louisiana History Minute tells the story of their unique relation and how the Academy was spared. ===== Reading List -Pretense of Glory: The Life of General Nathaniel P. Banks by James G. Hollandsworth https://amzn.to/3MkpkwQ - The Academy of the Sacred Heart at Grand Coteau: 200 Years and Counting by Darlene Smith https://amzn.to/3l649mb - St. Mary The Banner Tribune https://www.banner-tribune.com/state-... - Acadian House Publishing https://www.acadianhouse.com/2022/05/... - Battlefields.org - Academy of Sacred Heart https://www.battlefields.org/visit/he... -Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association - President Lincoln, The General and the Nuns https://www.tpcba.com/2020/02/26/pres... -Academy of Sacred Heart website https://www.ashrosary.org/ ----- Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, US Library of Congress, US National Archives Music by bensound.com - Birth of a Hero ===== Louisiana History Minute | Grand Coteau | Civil War

A moon rock from the 1972 Apollo 17 moonwalk went missing in Louisiana. This Louisiana History Minute tells how the state came to possess the rock and how it was found. ===== Reading List - The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space https://amzn.to/3w3mtCM - Collect Space - Goodwill Moon Rocks http://www.collectspace.com/resources/moonrocks_goodwill.html - The Advocate https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_278c870c-2078-11ec-adf4-a7a5b4d0ff6f.html - NASA - Apollo 17 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo17.html - Louisiana State Museum https://louisianastatemuseum.org/ - Apollo Project http://apolloarchive.com/apollo_archive.html ----- Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, Library of Congress, Louisiana Tourism, NASA. Video by Coverr-Free-Footage from Pixabay Music by Pixabay ===== Louisiana History Minute | NASA | Moonrock

Abraham Lincoln made two trips to Louisiana in his youth. On his first in 1828, he and a friend were attacked while on a flatboat on the Mississippi River. This Louisiana History Minute tells the story of this attack and how it affected Lincoln. ===== Reading List Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times by David S. Reynolds https://amzn.to/3LXkULP - 64 Parishes Magazine https://64parishes.org/lincoln-louisiana - The Advocate Newspaper https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/danny_heitman/article_5eaf9eaa-1a2e-11eb-ba79-b7573b7dee21.html - David Kent Articles https://davidjkent-writer.com/2021/04/22/lincoln-flatboat-new-orleans-america/ https://davidjkent-writer.com/2018/08/01/rockport-indiana-where-lincoln-began-his-flatboat-trips-to-new-orleans/ - The White House https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/abraham-lincoln/ ----- Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, US Library of Congress, Friends of Lincoln Collection - Rolland Center for Lincoln Research, US National Archives Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay ===== Louisiana History Minute | Mississippi River | Abraham Lincoln

Built in 1857, the Sabine Pass Lighthouse has a colorful history of protecting Louisiana's Southwest most corner. This Louisiana History Minute introduces you to the Lighthouse on the Register of Historic Places. ===== Reading List - Sabine Pass Lighthouse http://www.sabinepasslighthouse.org/ - SAH ARCHIPEDIA https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/LA-01-CM2 - US Coast Guard https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Land/Lighthouses-Light-Stations/Article/1988461/sabine-pass-lighthouse/igphoto/2002200060/igphoto/sabine-pass-lighthouse/ - Tim Wright YouTube Channel - Lighthouse Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgoXuCTcp64 - Cameron Preservation Alliance Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/SabinePassLighthouse/ ----- Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, US Library of Congress, Museum of the Gulf Coast, US Coast Guard, Google Earth, Marinas.com, Cameron Preservation Alliance Facebook Page, Tim Wright, Carla Meyer Music: Audio Jungle "The Documentaries" ===== Louisiana History Minute | Spanish Explorers | Mississippi River

A German U-boat was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico in 1942 and no one believed it until an oil company exploring the Gulf floor came across the wreckage. This Louisiana History Minute introduces you to Captain Herbert Claudius and PC-566's sinking of a German U-Boat. ===== Reading List - Navy Times https://www.navytimes.com/news/pentag... - U-boats in the Gulf https://heartoflouisiana.com/u-boats-... - National Geography U-Boat in the Gulf https://www.nationalgeographic.com/sc... - Commander Herbert G. Claudius http://ussfloydbparks.org/claudius.html ----- Photo Credits: Mariner's Museum, Louisiana Digital Archives, US. Library of Congress, Ocean Exploration Trust, Navy Times ===== Louisiana History Minute | WWII | Gulf of Mexico | German U-Boat

Rose Nicaud was a slave in New Orleans who bought her freedom from proceeds she made selling coffee to customers and vendors in the French Market. This Louisiana History Minute introduces you to Nicaud. ===== Reading List Nola.com Article https://www.nola.com/300/article_868c... New Orleans Black Chamber of Commerce https://www.norbchamber.org/2022/02/0... ----- Music by Skilsel from Pixabay ===== Louisiana History Minute | Coffee | New Orleans

While John Hampson didn't invent the Venetian Blind, his 1841 patent revolutionized the window dressing and is still in use today. This Louisiana History Minute introduces you to Hampson, a Louisiana railroad engineer, and small-town mayor. ===== Reading List - John Hampson's Patent https://patents.google.com/patent/US2223 - Venetian Blinds were Patented by John Hampson in New Orleans http://www.pontchartrain.net/495537 - The History of Venetian Blinds and Who Invented Them https://www.blindinglyobvious.co.uk/latest-news/venetian-blind-history - John Hampson (abt. 1816 - abt. 1854) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hampson-101 ----- Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, US Patent Office, Newspapers.com ===== Louisiana History Minute | New Orleans | Railroad

William Rock purchased the Louisiana territorial rights for the Edison Vitascope. He soon opened the first indoor theater in the United States on Canal Street in New Orleans. This Louisiana History Minute introduces you to Rock and Vitascope Hall. ===== Reading List - Birth of Cinema, The First Movie Theater https://zhawkins.omeka.net/exhibits/s... - Louisiana Historical Markers https://www.louisianatravel.com/film-... - Gambit Magazine https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/blak... - America's First Movie Theater: Louisiana's Vitascope Hall https://www.amazon.com/Americas-First... - The Edison Vitascope https://ateliertally.com/thomas-ediso... ----- Photo Credits - US Library of Congress, Google Street View Music: www.bensound.com "Acoustic Breeze" ===== Louisiana History Minute | Cinema | New Orleans | Thomas Edison

Alonso Álvarez de Pineda is thought to have been the first European to see the Mississippi River. This Louisiana History Minute introduces you to Pineda and his 1519 voyage. ===== Reading List - Texas State Historial Association https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/e... - Legends of America https://www.legendsofamerica.com/alon... - Real Academia de la Historia https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/86153/a... - Elizabethan Era https://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/al... ----- Music: Audio Jungle "The Documentaries" ===== Louisiana History Minute | Spanish Explorers | Mississippi River

The United States was suffering from a meat shortage and at the same time, Louisiana's waterways were infested with water hyacinth. Louisiana Congressman Robert Broussard had a plan to let loose hippopotamus in Louisiana. This Louisiana History Minute introduces you to Representative Broussard and the American Hippo Act. ===== Reading List Wired Magazine https://www.wired.com/2013/12/hippopo... Library of Congress https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandher... The Atavist Magazine https://magazine.atavist.com/american... ----- Music: www.bensound.com Once Again ===== Louisiana History Minute | Congress | Waterways | Hippotamus

One doesn't usually use earthquake and Louisiana in the same sentence, but Louisiana has had its share of tremors. This Louisiana History Minute introduces you to the strongest earthquake to hit Louisiana as of 2022. ===== Reading List Recent Quakes in Louisiana https://earthquaketrack.com/p/united-... LSU Study on Earthquakes in Louisiana https://www.lsu.edu/lgs/publications/... Earthquakes in Lousiana - KPLC News https://www.kplctv.com/story/28276524.... Earthquakes in Louisiana? Yeah, it's a thing. https://www.nola.com/news/article_ddf... ----- Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Libary, US Library Of Congres, Georgetown University Library Music: Audio Jungle "The Documentaries" ===== Louisiana History Minute | Earthquakes | Gulf of Mexico | Seismology

Edward Douglass White, Jr. was named Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President William Howard Taft in 1910. This Louisiana History Minute introduces you to White and how he went from a law school dropout to becoming the top jurist in the United States. ===== Reading List - American Bar Association Journal, Vol 7, No 8, August 1921 https://www.jstor.org/stable/25710622... - Louisiana Supreme Court https://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/jus... - Supreme Court History https://supremecourthistory.org/chief... - The Supreme Court Under Edward Douglass White https://www.amazon.com/Supreme-Edward... ----- Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, US Library of Congress Music: www.bensound.com "Birth of a Hero" ===== Louisiana History Minute | United State Supreme Court | Chief Justice