Metairie
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Metairie

A Tongue of Land and Pasture

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Metairie

A Tongue of Land and Pasture

About this book

A surprising journey through the history and growth of this large city neighboring New Orleans.

While New Orleans is recognized the world over for the French Quarter and Mardi Gras, Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans, is not as well known. But Metairie has a rich history all its own. What was described two centuries ago as "a tongue of land to lend pasturage" has become the second largest unincorporated city in the nation.

The explorer La Salle noticed the river bend that is now Metairie when he descended and ascended the Mississippi River in the spring of 1682. Almost simultaneously with the founding of New Orleans in 1718, John Law's Company of the West began granting land to European investors and to a handful of Canadians struggling to survive along the Gulf Coast. The settlers helped feed the city, provided it with critical building materials, and enhanced its value as a port.

As with many colonial frontiers throughout the history of the world, missionaries stood in the vanguard of Metairie's evolution. French and Spanish friars, then European priests, and finally native clergy provided leadership and stability as a progressive community began to emerge from the marsh and swamp. This book tells the story of this oft-overlooked Louisiana city.

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Information

Publisher
Pelican Publishing
Year
1997
Print ISBN
9781565542792
eBook ISBN
9781455608805
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Preface
  3. Chapter One: River and Ridge, Bayous and Burnt Canes
  4. Chapter Two: Chapitoulas, Choctaws, Colapissas
  5. Chapter Three: Three Chauvin Brothers, Dubreuil and Chartier de Baulne
  6. Chapter Four: Conflicts Between Concessionaires and Capuchins
  7. Chapter Five: Early Changes at The Chapitoulas
  8. Chapter Six: King's Attorney: Confiscating and Confiscated
  9. Chapter Seven: Spanish Capuchins and a Spanish Don
  10. Chapter Eight: Metairie Becomes American
  11. Chapter Nine: East Jefferson Emerges
  12. Chapter Ten: Carrollton Village, Town, City and Suburb
  13. Chapter Eleven: Bath #1 and Bath #2; Metairieville and Metairie Burg
  14. Chapter Twelve: West End—East End
  15. Chapter Thirteen: Father F. X. Rombouts: Founding Pastor
  16. Chapter Fourteen: Monsignor Felix F. Miller: Second Pastor
  17. Chapter Fifteen: Father Harrison A. Martin: Third Pastor Monsignor Henry C. Bezou: Fourth Pastor
  18. Chapter Sixteen: Mercy Sisters and Their Ministry
  19. Chapter Seventeen: Metairie Memories
  20. Chapter Eighteen: East Jefferson in Modern Times
  21. Chapter Nineteen: Deanery Developments
  22. Chapter Twenty: Other Filial Parishes
  23. Selected Bibliography
  24. Index