By: Goodspeed Publishing Company, Orig. Pub. 1892, Reprinted 2024, 632 pages, New Index, Soft Cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-032-9. These two volumes are the RAREST of ALL the books published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company. They are also probably one of the MOST VALUABLE set of books ever published on Louisiana Families. A NEW FULL NAME INDEX has been created for this reprint edition in order to make it more user friendly for research. This book is broken into several different sections: Indians, French and Spanish Settlements, Louisiana under 3 different Governments, Ante-Bellum Political History, Louisiana in the War of 1812, Louisiana in the Mexican War, Bench and Bar, Education, Medicine, Growth and Development after the War, Agriculture, and History of New Orleans including early inhabitants. But the genealogists will love the next two sections, and they cover the creation and history of the parishes "A thru L" and followed by the Biographical Section covering surnames "A thru L". The New index that was created for this reprint mentions approximately 6,500 individuals.

Embracing an authentic and comprehensive account of the chief events in the history of the state, this newly republished double volume collection provides a record of the lives of many of the most worthy and illustrious families and individuals of Mississippi. Part 2, containing chapters sixteen through twenty-four, is a much more personal study of the people of Mississippi. This section presents sketches of individual life and gives special attention to notable families and conspicuous and prominent residents of the state.

By: Goodspeed Publishing Company, Orig. Pub. 1892, Reprinted 2024, 590 pages, New Index, Soft Cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-033-6. These two volumes are the RAREST of ALL the books published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company. They are also probably one of the MOST VALUABLE set of books ever published on Louisiana Families. A NEW FULL NAME INDEX has been created for this reprint edition in order to make it more user friendly for research. This volume is broken into several different sections: Floods & Levees, Transportation, Post-Bellum Political History, Literature of Louisiana, The Civil War of 1861-1865, Religious Organizations and churches, Newspapers of Louisiana, Secret & Benevolent Organizations, French Societies. But the genealogists will love the next two sections, and they cover the creation and history of the parishes "M thru Z" and followed by the Biographical Section covering surnames "M thru Z". The New index that was created for this reprint mentions approximately 7,000 individuals.

Winner of the SESAH Book Award The West Bank has been a vital part of greater New Orleans since the city’s inception, serving as its breadbasket, foundry, shipbuilder, railroad terminal, train manufacturer, and even livestock hub. At one time it was the Gulf South’s St. Louis, boasting a diversified industrial sector as well as a riverine, mercantilist, and agricultural economy. Today the mostly suburban West Bank is proud but not pretentious, pleasant if not prominent, and a distinct, affordable alternative to the more famous neighborhoods of the East Bank. Richard Campanella is the first to examine the West Bank holistically, as a legitimate subregion with its own story to tell. No other part of greater New Orleans has more diverse yet deeply rooted populations: folks who speak in local accents, who exhibit longstanding cultural traits, and, in some cases, who maintain family ownership of lands held since antebellum times—even as immigrants settle here in growing numbers. Campanella demonstrates that West Bankers have had great agency in their own place-making, and he challenges the notion that their story is subsidiary to a more important narrative across the river. The West Bank of Greater New Orleans is not a traditional history, nor a cultural history, but rather a historical geography, a spatial explanation of how the West Bank’s landscape formed: its terrain, environment, land use, jurisdictions, waterways, industries, infrastructure, neighborhoods, and settlement patterns, past and present. The book explores the drivers, conditions, and power structures behind those landscape transformations, using custom maps, aerial images, photographic montages, and a detailed historical timeline to help tell that complex geographical story. As Campanella shows, there is no “greater New Orleans” without its cross-river component. The West Bank is an essential part of this remarkable metropolis.

José María de Jesús Carvajalis both a biography of a Mexican postrevolutionary and a study of the development of a new border between Mexico and the United States during the crucial decades of the early to mid–nineteenth century. The work examines the challenges faced by Carvajal, a bilingual, bicultural character in confusing times, against the historical backdrop of the history of colonial Texas and northern Mexico. Chance has chosen to focus on a political-military figure whose career stretches from the Texas Revolution to the French Intervention. Carvajal played a key role in the violent struggle between the liberal and conservative political factions that vied for control of the Republic of Mexico from 1830 to 1874. He was the leader of a mercenary army that invaded Mexico from the United States in 1851 in an unsuccessful attempt for the creation of the so-called independent Republic of the Sierra Madre. In addition, he played significant roles in the struggle for Texas Independence and formation of the ill-fated Republic of the Rio Grande; and he opposed the American occupation of northern Mexico during the Mexican-American War, the War of Reform that solidified liberal control of Mexico under the leadership of Benito Juarez, and the French Intervention into Mexico. Carvajal’s life and exploits have been largely overlooked by contemporary historians. This work sheds new light on several important chapters in the history of Texas and northern Mexico.