Drawing of Indians of Several Nations, New Orleans, colored pen and ink by Alexandre de Batz, 1735.
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Numerous native American communities occupied the area of today's Bayou St. John prior to European colonization.
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The Geological Formation of the Metairie-Gentilly Ridges
As the Mississippi River flows to the Gulf of Mexico it brings sediment and silt with it, depositing them along the banks of the river and creating new land masses. Before the US Army Corps of Engineers took control of the river to allow for the…