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Baton Rouge Trivia

Feb 5, 2009

Bates & Thigpen, men clothier, since 1924

Bates and Thigpen Men's Clothier
335 Third Street
Next to the Romaine building.
Since 1924,
operated today by third generation Bates since founding.

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Old BR Newspaper Ads and Notices

"Baton Rouge Gazette" Local Governmental Leaders
"Baton Rouge Gazette", Merchant Advertisments 1827-1840 (ancestry.com)
"Daily Advocate", Sept. 3, 1860 – Oct. 25, 1861 (Univ. of Texas)
"Daily Gazette & Comet", January 3, 1860 – Dec. 29, 1860 (U. of Texas)

Books and Music

• "A Confederates Girls Diary", Civil War Era, Baton Rouge Resident Sarah Morgan Dawson
• "A History of Baton Rouge 1699-1812", by Rose Meyers; LSU Press
• "Above Baton Rouge, A Pilot’s View Then and Now" photographs by Fred C. Frey, Jr. text by Tom Guarisco; LSU Press
• "Baseball in Baton Rouge" by Michael Bielawa; Arcadia Publishing (historical account)
• "Baton Rouge" - Andrew D. Lytle's photographs 1863 - 1910, by Mark E. Martin; LSU Press
• "Elk's Souvenir of Baton Rouge" pub. 1901, photographs of B.R buildings that no longer exist; out of print, may be seen at the EBR Libary, may not be checked out.
Preliminary Pages of Elks' Souvenir of Baton Rouge
• "Historic Photos of Baton Rouge", by Mark E. Martin, Turner Publishing
• "The Battle of Baton Rouge" by Thomas H. Richey
• "We Were Merchants" The Sternberg Family and the Story of Goudchaux's and Maison Blanche Department Stores; Hans J. Sternberg with James E. Shelledy ; LSU Press
• Billy Spedale Books, historian, author of Battle of Baton Rouge, 1862
• Historic Neighborhoods of Baton Rouge, by Annabell M. Armstrong, Amazon
• Kenny Kleinpeter music inspired by the Highland Cemetery

Annex Page (a companion off-site page)

• Thesis: Fort New Richmond (British)
• A book review of "Historic Photos of Baton Rouge", Turner Publishing, Mark E. Martin

Topics, influential to, but not directly about Baton Rouge

• Camp Moore - Confederate Training Camp
• Mark Twain's "Life On The Mississippi"

Baton Rouge Corporate Histories

• "Baton Rouge Clinic"
• "Kean's Laundry"
• "Kleinpeter Farms Dairy"
• "Our Lady of the Lake" Medical Center
• "Rabenhorst Funeral Home"
• "The Advocate"
• "Tony's Donut" and "Tony's Restaurant"
• Family Tradition: Hans J. Sternberg (Goudchaux's)
• Kleinpeter Family History and their Willow Grove Plantation
• More on the "Rabenhorst" Legacy
• Southern University and A&M College

FYI:

The name of historic "Catfish Town has been changed to the "Baton Rouge Landing" for commerce reasons. Source

Historic Baton Rouge Public School's

• McKinley High School

BR Church and Synagog History

"Catholic High School" history
• Congregation B'Nai Israel
• Goodwood Church of Christ
• History of the BR Jewish community

Baton Rouge in Pictures

• CityData.com
• Official Baton Rouge website (video's)
• View of Downtown Baton Rouge (video)

Florida Parishes

Florida Parishes

FLORIDA PARISHES were Louisiana parishes that was in the Republic of West Florida. The Republic of West Florida was formed when the multi-national citizenry rebelled against the Spanish West Florida fort at B.R . which, so after, the Spanish abandoned the territory. The newly formed republic exsisted for 90 days after which the U.S claimed it without recognition of Gen. Thomas and the 150 or so men that jerparded their lives to made it possible for the U.S. to lay claim to the territory, which was already in the hearts of the leaders of the Republic to do so.

Anti-Semitism in Colonial Lousisana

According to French colonial law, Jews were not allowed to live in Louisiana, though this prohibition was not rigidly enforced.

After Spain took possession of Louisiana, the new colonial governor expelled Jews from New Orleans in 1769... Source

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Louisiana State Bird - The Pelican

Louisiana State Bird - The Pelican

[Click on image for link.] The Pelican is on our state flag, seal, etc. Governor C.C. Claibourne, La first gov. was awed by the bird because she would peck her breast to feed chicks her blood if no food was available

The "Fleur de lis" (Fr., Lily flower)

The "Fleur de lis" (Fr., Lily flower)

The "Fleur de lis" is a French symbol commonly association with Baton Rouge and Louisiana. Here are 9 variations of the "Fleur de lis".

Fleur de lis links

• The "Fleur de lis" on Wikipedia
• Gov. Jindal makes Fleur de lis Louisiana State symbol.

The complete map of Spanish W. Florida and the Republic of West Florida (in red)

The complete map of Spanish W. Florida and the Republic of West Florida (in red)

West Florida Rebellion

• "Birth of West Florida Rebellion", by Anne Butler
• "The Bonnie Blue Flag" [the history of the Spanish West Florida Rebellion] by Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr.

The "Bonnie Blue", flag of the Republic of West Florida

The "Bonnie Blue", flag of the Republic of West Florida

[Click flag for link; see post about Gen. Philemon Thomas (May 4th, '08 post).

A Bit of Louisiana

• Gov. Earl K. Long
• Gov. Henry Luse Fuqua
• Gov. Huey Pierce "Kingfish" Long
• Governor Robert F. Kennon, photo 1952
• Jimmie Davis, Louisiana's singing Governor
• List of Louisiana Governors
• Ordinance of Secession of Louisiana
• The Louisiana Purchase
• Two Centuries of Louisiana History (from Colonial Louisiana to Reconstruction)
• William Charles Cole Claiborne, first Governor of LA w/audio

Old Governor's Mansion, built 1859 for private use, acquired by state 1887 for Gov. Mansion.. Huey P. Long destroyed it in1929, under cover of night to avoid public protest.. It was the second one back from the one we have now right off I-110.

Annual Message of Governor Henry Watkins Allen, to the Legislature of the State of Louisiana. January 1865

Bernardo de Galvez, Gov. of Spanish La., helper of American Colonies.

• Galvez, The Forgotten Revolutionary Conquistador Who Saved Louisiana
• Revolutioary War Hero Bernardo de Galvez
• Equestrian statue of Bernardo de Galvez in Washington D.C.
• Equestrian statue of Bernardo Galvez donated to the City of New Orleans by the Government of Spain to commemorate the bicentennial year of the Independence of the United States.
• "Assoc. of Bernardo Galvez" (yosolo.org) , translated

Dining

• Clarence's Downtown Baton Rouge Restaurants Guide

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