Map of Baton Rouge by Michael Gill, circa 1855, showing the city during the prosperous decade prior to the Civil War.
Courtesy, Mrs. Lucy Prescott.
Used with permission, Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University.
This rare 1837 map of Baton Rouge was originally owned by members of the Beauregard family.
To the left of North Blvd were situated the towns of Gras (or later Grass), Devall, Leonard,
Hicky, Wicoff, Duncan, and Mather. Courtesy, Louisiana Room, LSU Library.
Used with permission, Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University.
The United States Army began construction of the Pentagon Barracks and an ordnance depot in Baotn Rouge
in 1819. Note that Spanish Town occured just east of the Pentagon Barracks.
Used with permission, Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University.
Used with permission, Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University.
The wooden-hull steamboat,
City of Baton Rouge, was built in 1881.
Used with permission, Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University.
Private James J. Kelly, a member of Company F of the 6th Michigan Regiment, sketched huis impressions of
the Battle of Baton Rouge. Courtesy Dept. of Archives and Manuscripts, LSU, Baton Rouge.
Used with permission, Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University.
The Louisiana Secession Convention convened in Baton Rouge at the State Capitol on Januaray 23, 1861.
The following day, an ordinance to "Dissolve the Union between the State of Louisiana and other states..."
was introduced. Courtesy, Louisiana State Museum.
Used with permission, Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University.
Third Street and Main, mid-1890s. Courtesy Dept. of Archives and Manuscripts, LSU, Baton Rouge.
Used with permission, Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University.
Third Street looking north from North Blvd., mid-1950s. Courtesy, Bill Vega.
Used with permission, Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University.
