Slidell LA Homes for Sale

#Slidell was founded around the late 19th century new railroad from New Orleans to #Meridian, Mississippi, which eventually continued its path to #Cincinnati and ultimately #NewYorkCity.

The New Orleans and Northeastern or NONE Railroad established its building camp the first high ground north of Lake Pontchartrain, which eventually grew into Slidell and the city was chartered as a town in 1888.

As I mentioned Slidell begins where Lake Pontchartrain ends, where the lake forges towards the Gulf of Mexico via a strait and located at the southeastern tip of #StTammanyParish in #Louisiana's Ozone Belt. The largest city in the parish, Slidell has grown from a population of over 30,000 while preserving the past, and accommodating an ever increasing number of residents. At the Rigolets pass, you’re as likely to encounter tooling sailboats as toiling The hinterland is striped with bayous, where canoe travel is more appropriate. If you’re into waterborne recreation, whether fishing, sailing, canoeing or there’s no question you’ll be into Slidell, but the city is by no means a remote getaway. Slidell stands just across the water from #NewOrleans, 20 minutes away, and culturally there is little distinction between the two.

Slidell is proud of its historic Olde Towne, with its fine restaurants, antique shops and an ambience that recalls simpler times, while also having a top-notch regional shopping mall, North Shore Square.

The city's first streets were laid out in a grid pattern, mostly east of the railroad, running just a few blocks along the railroad and equally deep. Street, now Bayou Lane, lay in the short stretch between the railroad and the bayou. East of the tracks, the north-south streets were Bayou (now Front), First, Second, Third and Fourth. The east-west streets were Fremaux, Erlanger, Bouscaren and Cousin.

Erlanger, which was slightly wider than the others and designated as an avenue, and named by Baron Frederick Erlanger, head of the banking syndicate which financed the railway. Baron Erlanger named the town for his deceased father-in-law, John Slidell, who had been a prominent state, national and confederate political figure. Col. Leon J. Fremaux, a prominent Louisiana engineer and planner, drew the original plans for Slidell and named Fremaux Avenue for himself. Cousin Street took its name from the locally prominent Cousin family.

Early into the 20th century Slidell developed one of the country’s largest brick manufacturing facilities, a large lumber mill and a shipyard. The Slidell contributed significantly to the national effort in both World Wars and residents contributed significantly the war effort by working in the New Orleans shipyards, tanks and airplane.

In the 60s, Slidell entered the modern age as the center of three local sites in NASA’s lunar landing program. The Michoud assembly facility in New Orleans, the computer facility in Slidell, and the Mississippi test facility over in #HancockCounty, #Mississippi.