Plaquemines Parish Government history

The village was destroyed and rebuilt numerous times, but it was abandoned for good after the destruction of a September 1860 hurricane.

In 1861, Fort Jackson served as an important Confederate defense for the city of New Orleans during the Civil War because it was at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

The August 1901 Hurricane caused damage, including 4 feet of water in Buras.

Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District was officially established in 1954 as a Political Subdivision of the State and Public Corporation of Louisiana, as per Act No.

Typed list of Plaquemines Parish Police Jurors, June 1, 1960 6.

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana's Parish of Progress, Its Officials, Its Government, Its Growth, 1961, paperback, 20 pages (3 copies)

Typed correspondence-to R. W. Jones from Plaquemines Parish Commission Council; subject-requesting copies of resolution (attached), July 9, 1964 2.

In 1965 Hurricane Betsy damaged the area, flooding many buildings, including the Parish Courthouse, and causing nine deaths.

Bell Chasse School Comments, August 31, 1966 11.

3 page typed document- statement of L. M. Tinsley, superintendent of Plaquemines Parish School Board, March 5, 1968 3.

4 page typed document- Regular Session, 1970, Senate Bill #391, by Mr.

Interpersonal feuding weakened the family's hold on power, and by 1980, political opponents had begun to win local elections.

Specifications for Improvements and Additions, Belle Chasse Sewage Treatment Plant, July 1, 1983

Even before the fire, efforts had begun in 2001 to move the parish seat and the courthouse to the west bank.

Hurricane Katrina in 2005 would have certainly inundated the Clerk's Office with over fifteen feet of water, likely obliterating more than two centuries' worth of invaluable, irreplaceable historical records.

NASA Facts-Stennis Space Center 2006 Economic Impact 6.