I grew up in the South in the Delta Farmland near the Mississippi River, and I have always been enchanted by the Queen City of the Mississippi River–New Orleans, Louisiana. Allow me to begin this post by taking you on a virtual tour of New Orleans: “They say that New York is a state of…
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Advent Day 3 – The Terrible Lie – A Bible Story and Some Activities for the Family
Activities for Advent Day 3 Let’s Draw and Shade an Apple: God told Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of one tree, but the snake tempted Eve, and she sinned. Adam followed. Most people think that the fruit they ate was an apple. Let’s Create an Apple Design Our story today does not…
Strange True Stories of Louisia by George Washington Cable – Published in 1890
by George Washington Cable Published in 1890 A Novel about a flatboat ride from New Orleans in 1795 Map of New Orleans in 1726 – Image Credit: Wikimedia A Ride on a Flatboat on the Mississippi River and into the Louisiana Bayous in 1795 – Described by George Washington Cable Although George Washington Cable wrote…
The Great South by Edward King – Published in 1875
THE GREAT SOUTH: A RECORD OF JOURNEYS IN LOUISIANA, TEXAS, THE INDIAN TERRITORY, MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA, KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA, AND MARYLAND. BY EDWARD KING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED FROM ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY J WELLS CHAMPNEY. AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. 1875. https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/king/king.html ON THE OCLAWAHA FLORIDA. Page i…