Area known as Nine Mile Point; Site of Fortier Plantation and one of area’s first schools, churches and later site of WW I commissary. Once the home of Francois Quinet, Sr., statesman & developer of early New Orleans; nearby was site of Fort Banks which blockaded River during Civil War.
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Founded 1815 by education philanthropist John McDonogh. Also known as Freetown where his freed slaves settled and Gouldsboro for railroad magnate Jay Gould. Incorporated 1913 into City of Gretna.
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Approx. 200 feet SW of this site, cast first gun for the Confederate Navy on 4 May 1861. The gun, a Dalhgren cannon, fired an 8~inch diameter explosive shell. Sylvester Bennett was proprietor.
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To guard New Orleans, Spain in 1779 settled 56 families from the Canary Islands on lands starting at Crown Point. Flooding by the Mississippi River forced most of the settlers to relocate in 1782. Efforts to resettle failed and finally ceased in 1802, but scattered descendants have preserved the “Isleño” culture to the present day in nearby areas.
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The charming neighborhood of Salaville, along Sala Avenue in Westwego, is an unusual example of a historic district that actually postdates the formation of the surrounding community.
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Formerly Petit Desert, a 1719 concession. Among first parish settlements, it was a trading post and major entry port of the Louisiana colony. 1794 Michael Zeringue established Seven Oaks Plantation. His son, Camille, built Greek Revival style main house c. 1840. During War, occupied by Confederates, then Federals. Following the war, property acquired by Columbia Gardens Resort and later by railroad. During WWI house served as Army barracks. Later returned to private residence. Vacated in 1957, the house was demolished in 1977.
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1960 Paul Kapelow prefab diamond-shaped development with alphabetical street plan named for daughter Terry. Area’s “first completely winter~summer air conditioned neighborhood.”
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During 1930-42 this airport operated passenger, charter, and mail service and a flying school. The company of James R. Wedell and Harry P. Williams designed, built and flew some of the fastest planes in the world. Wedell set a world speed record in 1933. By 1936 both had died in air crashes. The routes were sold to Eastern Airlines. During WWII this site became part of U.S. Army Camp Plauche.
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On June, 4, 1884 members of the police jury of Jefferson Parish Right Bank:
F.H. Hatch, Pres., Wm. Berthoud Sec.–Tres., Geo. Bossey, H. Eloi H. WIlkinson, L.H. Marrero W. M. Naudain, N. Le Bouef
Held their first meeting in this William Tell Hall marking Gretna as the fourth Parish Seat, a distinction the city still retains.
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This 1939 Jefferson Parish yearbook is the fifth in a series of yearly reviews, serving as an official publication of the Police Jury.
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