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From 1781 to 1820, this was the plantation of Jean Etienne Boré (1741-1820), the first mayor of N.O. from 1803 to 1804. Here Boré first granulated sugar in 1795. The property was purchased for a park in 1871 and later became the site of the World's Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition of 1884-1885.
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New Orleans, Louisiana · United States
