Don Sharp recently recorded a video interview that helps wrap up the inter-connections between key figures in southeast Louisiana history. He specifically unveils the significant contributions made by Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent, Gilberto Guillemard, James Rumsey, Jacques-Michel Hertel de Rouville and Pierre Rigaud Cavagnial de Vaudreuil.
These five gentlemen are important to early Louisiana progress for a variety of reasons. Guillemard was architect and builder of the Cabildo, St. Louis Cathedral, and the Presbytere; Rumsey invented the steam-engine propelled boat, and Rouville helped spotlight the early stirrings of the American Revolution both in Canada and the British Colonies on the east coast.
Here is the video. Click on the "Play Triangle" below to view the video.
Don Sharp talks about history of the area
