New Orleans guide, with descriptions of the routes to New Orleans, sights of the city arranged alphabetically ... also, outlines of the history of Louisiana

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^ STREET DIRECTORY

Index

Accommodations 54

jOAmusements and Holidays (dates of) 68

- Aonusements 100

^- Antique and Bric-a-Brac Stores... 60

Archbishop's Palace 106

> Armories 107

, N Asylums 115

^■^ Athletics 110

IN Auctioneers' Old Exchange 124

Baggage Transfer 47

' Balls (Carnival) 68

Banks 124

. , Barbers 60

Barracks (U. S.) 126

Baths 60

Beer Saloons , 58

■- Books on Louisiana 322

» Books by Louisiana Authors 322

V Booksellers 60

^ Cabildo '. 128

^ Canal Street 126

Carondelet Street 126

Car System 77

Cemeteries 130

St. Louis No. 1 134

Metairie 136

St. Roch's 137

Chalmette 138

Church Directory 138

Churches 146

Cathedral of St. Louis 146

Jesuits' Church 148

St. Joseph's 151

St. Stephen's 152

St. Alphonsus' 152

St. Mary's 153

St. Patrick's 154

St. Maurice's 156

Christ Church Cathedral 156

Trinity Church 158

St. Paul's 158

First Presbyterian Church 158

Free Church of Annunciation . . 15S

Prytania Presbyterian Church. 160

Temple Sinai 160

Carondelet M. E. Church 161

Greek Church.- 161

City Government 161

City Hall 162

Clubs 164

Confectioners 58

Cotton Exchange 176

Cotton Presses 178

Cotton Trade 170

Cotton Seed Oil Mills 178

Courts 179

Creole Population 174

Customhouse (U. S.) 180

Depots (Railroad) 258

Directions for Tourists 73

Distances in City 48

Districts (Municipal) 186

Dock (Naval) 236

Drives 83

Express Offices 62

Excursions (Cars in City) 81

Excursions Out of City 84

Fair Grounds 187

Ferries 81

Fire Alarm 188

Fire Department 188

French Market 212

Geodetic Stone 193

Hack Tariff 40

FTealth 194

Hennen Building Observatory 195

Historical Society 195

Holidays 68

Hospitals 196

Hotels 52

History of Louisiana (Outlines of) 284-321

Discovery of Louisiana 284

French Take Possession 286

Settlement by the French 286

Foundation of New Orleans... 288

Cession to Spain 289

Snaniards Take Possession.... 290

New Orleans Fortified 293

Retrocession to France 294

French Resume Possession 295

Louisiana Sold to the U. S 206

Americans Take Possession... 296

Louisiana as a Territory 298

Louisiana Admitted as a State. 298

Battle of New Orleans 298

Louisiana as a State 312

Secession of Louisiana 312

Civil War 312

Louisiana Since the War 313

Governors of Louisiana 316

Ice Manufactures 200

Indians 202

Jetties 202

Lake Ends 204

Levee 208

Levee Register 192

Libraries 208

Louisiana Authors 322

Markets (Public) 212

Memorial Hall 210

Messenger Service 62

Militia (State) 236

Mint (IT. S.) 234

Monuments 224

Museums 234

Navy Yard 236

New Orleans (City of) 86

New Orleans (Old City of) 93

Newspapers of City 242

Orange Groves 243

Parish Prison 244

Parks and Squares 244

INDEX — Continued.

Police 252

Port of New Orleans 256

Postoffioe 254

Postal Rates 255

Produce Exchange 257

Promenades 82

Public Halls. 257

Races 258

Restaurants 58

Routes to New Orleans 7-46

N. O. & St. Louis Short Line. . 36

Mississippi River Route 36

Sea Route 42

Saloons 58

Sanitariums 60

St. Roch's Shrine 137

Schools 260

Sights of the City (alphabeti-

Sight-Seeing 74

Slaucrhter Houses 260

Social Customs 63

Societies (Benevolent) 262

Sophie Newcomb College 270

Suear Exchange 266

Suear Planting 262

Sugar Sheds 264

Sugar Trade 262

Telegraph Offices 62

Telephone Office 62

Theatres, etc I'OO-l 06

French Onera House 100

Tulane Tbpatre 102

Crescent Theatre 102

Grand Opera House 102

St. Charles Orpheum 104

Audubon Theatre 104

Halls (Public) 104

Time Signals 266

Tulane Hall 220

Fniversity (Tulane) : 266

Ursulines Convent 273

Wards of the City (boundaries of) . 276

Waterworks 282

Wharves and Landings 192

Index To Illustrations And Maps

MAP OF CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND STREET INDICATOR.

Audubon Place Entrance. 61

Audubon Park — Horticultural Hall . 24*

Audubon Park Oaks 245

Audubon Park — Washington Oak. . . 249

Audubon Theatre 105

Battlefield of New Orleans 299

Boston Club 163

Cabildo 125

Camp Street 52

Canal Street 69

Carondelet Street (Hennen Bldg.

and Cotton Exchange) 37

Charity Hospital — Main Building. . 197

Charity Hospital — Ambulance Bldg. 201 Charity Hospital — Miliken Memorial—-

Chartres Street 91

Chess, Checkers & Whist Club 97

Christ Church Cathedral 155

City Hall 17

City Library 285

City Park 263

City Park— "The Oaks" 261

Clay Statue 217

Coliseum Place Baptist Church.... 143

Confederate Home — Camp Nicholls. 203

Cotton Compress 13

Cotton Exchange 175

Cotton Field and Picking 9

Cotton Press Yard 12

Courtyard (French Quarter) 57

Crescent & Tulane Theatre Arcade. 103 Criminal Court Building 19

Elks' Home 171

Pishing Club — Chef Menteur 23

Franklin Statue 219

French Market Scenes 213

French Vegetable Market 211

French Opera House 99

French Quarter (Entrance to a

Yard) 94

Grand Opera House 101

Hansen & Bro. Ltd. (Interior View) 117

Harmony Club 167

Hennen Bldg. (View from Roof).. 75

Howard Memorial Library 283

Jesuits' Church 149

Jetties 209

Levee — Loading Cotton 35

Levee Scene 45

Map of City

Mardi Gras Pageant 66

Margaret Statue 235

Masonic Temple 57

Memorial Hall 277

Memorial Hall — Museum 270