New Orleans City Guide

Vieux Carre Commission protects French Quarter

On a muggy autumn French Quarter morning, away from bawdy Bourbon Street and within earshot of the calliope on the steamer Natchez, residents sat on their stoops drinking rich cafA© au lait, reading the newspaper, or watching the passing traffic.

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Vieux Carre Commission protects French Quarter

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Ferriday to receive blues marker (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans)

NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) — State officials say Ferriday, La., will join a handful of cities outside the Magnolia State to receive a Mississippi Blues Trail marker. Officials tell the Natchez Democrat that a marker is planned for Ferriday sometime in the spring. Ferriday is located across the Mississippi River from Natchez. Mississippi blues marker have been placed in Chicago, Memphis, New Orleans and …

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