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300 Years of History

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  1. Pre-Colonialism

    1. Native American Groups
    2. The Medora Site
    3. Le Bâton Rouge

  2. Colonial Era and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

    1. First Contacts with European Explorers
    2. Coming to America By Choice, By Force, By Circumstance
    3. Cash Crops before Sugar in West Baton Rouge
    4. The Antebellum Period

  3. Louisiana Purchase and Statehood

    1. The Louisiana Purchase
    2. Louisiana Statehood
    3. New Settlements
    4. Geography & Transportation
    5. War & Wellbeing

  4. Civil War & Reconstruction

    1. Decade of Turmoil
    2. Civil War
    3. Reconstruction Era
    4. Changing Civil Liberties for People of Color

  5. A New Era of Industrialization

    1. Postbellum Revival of the Sugar Industry in South Louisiana
    2. A New Age for the People of West Baton Rouge
    3. Growing Communities on the West Side

  6. World Wars and the Great Depression

    1. World War I
    2. The Great Depression
    3. World War II

  7. Mid to Late 20th Century

    1. For All Our Citizens
    2. Quality of Life
    3. Open to All

  8. Our Parish

    1. Industry: Bridging the Way to Prosperity
    2. Changes to Our Landscape
    3. Preserving Our Past
    4. A Community on the Move
  1. Pre-Colonialism
    1. Native American Groups
    2. The Medora Site
    3. Le Bâton Rouge
  2. Colonial Era and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
    1. First Contacts with European Explorers
    2. Coming to America By Choice, By Force, By Circumstance
    3. Cash Crops before Sugar in West Baton Rouge
    4. The Antebellum Period
  3. Louisiana Purchase and Statehood
    1. The Louisiana Purchase
    2. Louisiana Statehood
    3. New Settlements
    4. Geography & Transportation
    5. War & Wellbeing
  4. Civil War & Reconstruction
    1. Decade of Turmoil
    2. Civil War
    3. Reconstruction Era
    4. Changing Civil Liberties for People of Color
  5. A New Era of Industrialization
    1. Postbellum Revival of the Sugar Industry in South Louisiana
    2. A New Age for the People of West Baton Rouge
    3. Growing Communities on the West Side
  6. World Wars and the Great Depression
    1. World War I
    2. The Great Depression
    3. World War II
  7. Mid to Late 20th Century
    1. For All Our Citizens
    2. Quality of Life
    3. Open to All
  8. Our Parish
    1. Industry: Bridging the Way to Prosperity
    2. Changes to Our Landscape
    3. Preserving Our Past
    4. A Community on the Move
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