When.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. History of Galveston, Texas - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Galveston,_Texas

   Map of Galveston in 1871 Galveston City Railway Company c 1894. At the end of the 19th century, Galveston was a booming metropolis with a population of 37,000. Its position on the natural harbor of Galveston Bay along the Gulf of Mexico made it the center of trade in Texas and one of the largest cotton ports in the nation, in competition with New Orleans. [22]

3. French Quarter - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Quarter

   The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré (UK: /ˌvjɜː kəˈreɪ/; US: /vjə kəˈreɪ/; [4] French: [vjø kaʁe]), is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans ( French : Nouvelle-Orléans ) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville , the city developed around the Vieux Carré ("Old ...

4. Hotel St. Pierre - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_st._pierre

   The Hotel St. Pierre is a collection of Creole cottages, many dating from the early 1780s, in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. Its business address is 911 Burgundy Street. The hotel property includes the Gabriel Peyroux House, erected in 1780 for Gabriel Peyroux de la Roche, a native of France.

5. Best hotels in New Orleans 2023: Where to stay in the Big ...

   www.aol.com/best-hotels-orleans-2023-where...

   The best hotels in New Orleans are: Best for bookish travellers: Hotel Monteleone. Best for a taste of the South: The Chloe. Best for French Quarter adventures: One11. Best for design-lovers ...

6. Galveston, Texas - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston,_Texas

   Galveston (/ ˈ ɡ æ l v ɪ s t ən / GAL-vis-tən) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas.The community of 211.31 square miles (547.3 km 2), with a population of 53,695 at the 2020 census, [6] is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county.

7. Beauregard-Keyes House - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauregard-Keyes_House

   The Orleans Parish Landmarks Commission installed a bronze plaque identifying the home's history in 1958. [3] Today, the Beauregard-Keyes house is restored to its Victorian style and showcases items from Beauregard's family, as well as Keyes's studio and her collections of dolls and rare porcelain veilleuses (tea pots). Keyes wrote several ...

8. Exchange Place, New Orleans - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Place,_New_Orleans

   Norman's plan of New Orleans & environs, 1845; Exchange Place is marked as number 7. At the time, Canal Street was the dividing line between the French Quarter's Creoles and the Anglo-Americans on the CBD (Central Business District)/ Uptown Side. Peters wanted the exchange to shift more economic activity to the Anglo-American Portion of the city.

9. Bywater, New Orleans - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bywater,_New_Orleans

   It includes part or all of Bywater Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] [3] During New Orleans Mardi Gras, the Society of Saint Anne marching krewe starts their procession on Mardi Gras morning in Bywater and gathers marchers as it travels through the French Quarter, ending at Canal Street. This ...