New Orleans

By aslsemilee

  • Terrifying Yellow Fever Epidemic in New Orleans

    Terrifying Yellow Fever Epidemic in New Orleans
    New Orleans was build in a swamp. New Orleans had a terrifying yellow fever epidemic where nearly 8,000 people died. The city tried many methods for fighting yellow fever.

  • Civil War

    Civil War
    Louisiana secedes from the Union. During the Civil War, on January 26, 1861, Louisiana became the sixth state to join the Confedrates.

  • Mardi Gras 1857

    Mardi Gras 1857
    Modern Mardi Gras begin in New Orleans. It includes Mardi Gras parades including the organization called the Mistick Krewe of Comus.

  • Louisianna's Reconstruction

    Louisianna's Reconstruction
    Louisanna's Reconstruction goverment approves a Constitution that extends voting rights to black males and integrates public schools and public accommodations.

  • New Orleans host the Word's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.

    New Orleans host the Word's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.
    The 1884 World's Fair was held in New Orleans Louisianna. The site today is Audubon Park and Audubon zoo in up town New Orleans.