Pearl River’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Pearl River. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The community that is today Pearl River was originally known as Halloo, a moniker it reputedly garnered from loggers yelling to one another as they labored along the nearby Pearl River. The town was founded in 1859. Early Halloo was a small railroad town, located at the junction of the Northeastern and Poitevent and Favre's East Louisiana Railroads. In 1886 a train station was constructed at the site, and two years later Samuel Russ Poitevent (June 4, 1852– June 3, 1904), established the first store in the village. The community's name was first changed from Halloo (1859) to Pearl (1878), later to Pearlville (1881), and eventually Pearl River, in 1888, after the train station built in the town.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Pearl River’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pearl River’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Pearl River, decade by decade
1990s
CommonsSNAP Program St Tammany Parish Louisiana 20162016
CommonsHaaswood Store2012
CommonsThe Crescent crossing the West Pearl River at sunset, March…2010
CommonsGoodbye Mississippi2010
CommonsCamp2010
CommonsPearl River, Louisiana Municipal Complex2006
CommonsFire Pearl River Louisiana 2006 22006
CommonsUS Navy 050908-N-4345B-005 U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combat…2005
CommonsLouisiana National Guard Killing Time2005
CommonsLAMap-doton-Pearl River20041 historic place in Pearl River
1 place in Pearl River is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - St. Tammany Parish - ED 52-1 - ED 52-26 (1880) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (11). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.