The Baroness and the Nightingale
Tells the story of the historic meeting of Jenny Lind and the Countess de Pontalba in New Orleans.
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New Orleans, LA, USA
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Request QuoteHello! I'm Katherine Taylor, a Louisiana native who's been living in New Orleans for nearly 15 years. I have a B.A. and M.A. in Communications and have worked with companies and websites such as Bold Culture, Star Trek.com, and Bright Wall Dark Room.
Tells the story of the historic meeting of Jenny Lind and the Countess de Pontalba in New Orleans.
In 1890, New Orleans Chief of Police David Hennessy Jr. was assassinated while walking home on Basin Street. The son of a police officer, his story is marred by politics, crime and the mob.
Once a battleground between the Creoles and Anglo-American factions of the city, New Orleans' Canal Street became the heart of the city.
While the days of gas streetlights are mostly a thing of the past, the mark James H. Caldwell made on New Orleans by creating her first gas light company has never faded.
Gram Parsons was a singer/songwriter coming to fame in the 1950s and 60s, credited with creating alt-country and combining country western music with rock & roll. An overdose, a stolen body and two lawsuits later, Parsons was finally laid to rest in Metairie.
In 1884, Robinson’s Mammoth Dime Museum and Theatre opened on Canal Street, housing novelties and variety acts daily for a thin dime.
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