. New Orleans, city of old romance and new oportunity. Southern railway system. en-closed by cypress palings where thetarred bodies of pirates were leftsuspended from rude gallows. In thehistory of New Orleans it was thecenter, being the scene of dozens ofdramatic events, the landing of theCassette girls in 1727, the gatheringof troops to repel the expected at-tack of Natchez Indians in 1728, thereception of the Acadians driven fromNova Scotia by the British in 1755,the arrival of the galleons thatbrought Captain-General OReilly andmarked the transfer of the colonyfrom France to Spain in 1769,
. New Orleans, city of old romance and new oportunity. Southern railway system. en-closed by cypress palings where thetarred bodies of pirates were leftsuspended from rude gallows. In thehistory of New Orleans it was thecenter, being the scene of dozens ofdramatic events, the landing of theCassette girls in 1727, the gatheringof troops to repel the expected at-tack of Natchez Indians in 1728, thereception of the Acadians driven fromNova Scotia by the British in 1755,the arrival of the galleons thatbrought Captain-General OReilly andmarked the transfer of the colonyfrom France to Spain in 1769, andthe return of General Jackson fromthe Battle of New Orleans when hegave thanks in St. Louis Cathedralthat shadows its ground. St. Louis Cathedral site was se-lected by Bienville in 1718 and whenthe little church was destroyed byfire in 1788 it was not replaced untilthe present structure was erected in1795 by Don Almonaster y Roxaswho is buried in a crypt under thealtar. Separated from the Cathedral byOrleans alley was erected the Spanishcourt house, the Cabildo, in which. THE HAUNTED HOUSE i I >
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