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| South America & Caribbean:William Walker takes the capital of Nicauragua and establishes himself as president in July. | |||||||||||
| North America:The seventh Democratic national convention meets in Baltimore to nominate James Buchanan for president.
The first Republican national convention meets in Philadelphia to nominate John C. Fremont. He receives 33% of the vote as a third party candidate behind Democrats and Whigs.He receives 14 electorial college votes to Buchanan's 174. U. S. Senator Charles Sumner calls the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 a swindle and is later caned in the Senate Chamber by Rep Preston Smith Brooks. Kansas becomes a battleground over the slave question. Andrew Carnegie is a telegrapher with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Abraham Lincoln defends the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad when tis bridge over the Mississippi is said to block river traffic. Auburn University. Western Union chartered, Harper's Weekly published. Chronological History of the United States by Elizabeth Peabody; Poetry by John Greenleaf Whittier; U. S. playwrites protected by copyrights; Stephen Foster songs popular. Plums planted in Santa Clara Valley. |
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| Europe: Bessemer process and Siemens furnace allows for cheaper steel in England. Synthetic dyes produces will change textile industry. | |||||||||||
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January 1856
Robert Charles Wickliffe becomes Governor of Louisiana. At his inauguration he advocates a united Democratic South to protect state’s rights and champions expansion to the Caribbean, Mexico, Cuba and Central America to expand slavery He forces a registry law and a new city charter on New Orleans because he fears abuse of corporate power to promote party purposes and the legislature complies with his wishes. His foes are the Know Nothings and John Slidell. |
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August 10,1856; Over 140 vacationers are killed when a hurricane's five foot storm surge hits Last Island (Islas Dernieres), 45 miles south of Houma. The resort was a playground for Southern aristocrats. |
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December 1856
George Soulé (1834-1926) opens Soulé's Commercial College and Literary Institute in December. His school operated out of the Second Municipality Hall , St. Charles at Lafayette Street in 1874, builds his own building at that site in 1902, Then moves it uptown to Jackson Avenue at Coliseum Street in 1922. The school closes in the 1980s. |
| Sugar Planter is the first farm or trade journal in the state. | Douglas C. Montan (1834-1896) writes a popular
book entitled Redstick which is about Baton Rouge life. He names
this home Calumet Plantation after the Indian name for peace-pipe. Montan
represents Iberville
and West
Baton Rouge parishes in the La. State Senate.
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Macedonia Baptist Church is organized In Livingston
Parish in 1856. The existing building constructed in 1898 and is the
Oldest Baptist church building in Livingston Parish. Drinking water furnished
by ground water spring. Surrounding area settled by Anglo-Saxon Protestants
in 1800s.
Trinity Catholic Church is established in Shreveport, Holy Trinity was moved to this site in 1858. Five of its priests lost their lives treating the victims of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1873. The present church, in Romanesque Revival style, was built in 1896. |
Walker, Louisiana, originally named Milton
Old Field for Michael Milton who claimed the land in Livingston
Parish in 1853. Walker post office established in 1856. Named for
Wm. E. Walker, M.D., state legislator and organizer of Co. D 16th La.
Inf., CSA. Town incorporated in 1909.
Evergreen Home Institute, Henry Clay Kemper, first headmaster is organized. Later became Evergreen College; then Evergreen High School in 1904. These schools had a noteworthy influence on education in Avoyelles and Louisiana. |
Joseph Marshall Walker Vacationers at Last Island Robert Charles Wickliffe becomes Governor of Louisiana |
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