Slidell, Louisiana
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Slidell is a city on the northeast shore of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 28,781 at the 2020 census, making it the sixteenth-most populous city
Heritage Park
The train station on Front Street
John Slidell
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John Slidell was an American politician, lawyer, slaveholder, and businessman. A native of New York, Slidell moved to Louisiana as a young man. He was a member of the Louisiana House of Representative
Slidell, Louisiana
…N.O.N.E. line connected New Orleans to Meridian, Mississippi. The town was named in honor of American politician and Confederate ambassador to France John Slidell, and officially chartered by the Louisiana State Legislature in 1888. Around 1910, Slidell began a period of economic and industrial growth. A large…
John Slidell LA 1859
John Slidell, photograph by Mathew Brady
Mathilde Deslonde Slidell