Fort Jackson, the crosses in Triumph and one of the Plaques from the Judge Perez Park in Ollie.

Plaquemines Parish Historical Association

I have turned over the history of the Parish page to people who actually know history.

I couldn’t have asked for a better opportunity to be the host of their information.

Their President Mark Cognevich and Rod Lincoln (Parish Historian) are passing along articles and documents to post here.

Thanks for the opportunity.

Keep it coming!

Why a Lower Miss River National Park

PDF file by By Rod Lincoln.

This is a must read.

What if there was a.....

Lower Mississippi River National Park

Brochure for such a park by Rod Lincoln.

If you wonder what a National Park in our area could possibly look like.

2008 Lower Miss River National Park

Another hypothetical...

This is a PDF of a really nice version with many pictures by Rod Lincoln.

Same basic thing as above except way better looking.

World War II in Plaquemines Parish

This is what it was like during World War II living in Plaquemines.

PDF file by Rod Lincoln

Plaquemines History

A PDF file by Rod Lincoln

Lots of good information all the way back to land formation in the Delta.

Plaquemines value to US 2006

A PDF file by Karen Bazile

Makes you wonder.

This offers alot of interesting historical trivia about Plaquemines through the eyes of our local ancestors.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~laplaque/laplaque.htm

User Submitted History Section

Do you have an interesting history link you think would be appropriate for this page? Drop me an  e-mail with an explanation and a link. I will post it here.

Leander Perez Memorial Park monument plaques

Text from the plaques representing the southern townships in Plaquemines.

I photographed and retyped them before they were ripped down.

The USGenWeb Project  Louisiana Archives Index Plaquemines Parish

Lots of old statistics and records. The article about the Courthouse burning is on here as well.

Growing up in Port Sulphur

A PDF contributed by readers of Port Sulphur Yahoo groups website.

A nice collection of random memories from the Port Sulphur area. 1950’s to 1970’s.

Fort Jackson Historic landmark application forms from approx. 1975

Thanks go out to John Mulhearn for this

fortjackson.pdf

fortjackson2.pdf

Plaquemines Parish Historical Association

Monthly meeting date and time

The first Tuesday of every month

at the Belle Chasse American Legion.

6:30p.m.