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Hyundai is building a brand new steel mill in southern Louisiana (Donaldsonville) to supply steel for their Hyundai & Kia vehicle factories in the US, which produce EVs & other vehicles in Georgia. 1300 new jobs. Investments like this may just save the IRA... 🔌💡 🔌🚗

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Hyundai planning new multibillion dollar steel mill in south Louisiana; see details
South Korean automaker Hyundai is planning a steel mill in Donaldsonville that would supply its Hyundai and Kia auto plants in the U.S.
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January 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
coolhand.bsky.social
As my final test, here’s my favorite map of all time

The Mississippi Meander Belt, GIS enhanced. Fingers crossed on the site’s compression

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Historical map titled “Ancient Courses of the Mississippi River Meander Belt” showing the shifting paths of the river between Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and Donaldsonville, Louisiana. The base is a grid survey map overlaid with bold, swirling patterns in red, green, and yellow that trace former river channels and oxbow lakes. Each color represents different time periods of the river’s course, marked in the legend at left. Labels identify towns, levees, lakes, and cutoff channels. The map was produced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1944 to illustrate how the Mississippi’s meanders have migrated over centuries, creating a complex, layered history of shifting waterways.
September 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
meganbradenperry.com
Guess what?! I'm going to meet the mayor of Donaldsonville tomorrow! Fun fact: One of my great-great grandfathers, Pierre Caliste Landry, was one the mayor of Donaldsonville and the first Black elected mayor in the United States. I think that's neat. Excited to pick up some of their local papers.
June 24, 2026 at 4:13 AM
wbrznews2.bsky.social
A $5.8 billion Hyundai Steel Mill is reshaping life in Donaldsonville, where small businesses are expanding and new residents are moving in.
Donaldsonville growth brings new opportunities and concerns from long-time locals
A $5.8 billion Hyundai Steel Mill is reshaping life in Donaldsonville, where small businesses are expanding and new residents are moving in.
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October 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
drpopcultureusa.bsky.social
July 21 1931: Plas Johnson, Be-Bop jazz and session saxophonist (sax solo on "The Pink Panther Theme") is born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana.
July 21, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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Pleased to share the news that the latest issue of our journal "Civil War History"—edited by @jimdowns.bsky.social, and featuring articles by @legg.bsky.social, @nielseichhorn.bsky.social, and others—is now available at @projectmuse.bsky.social:

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Articles The Donaldsonville March of 1870: A Case Study in Black Militias’ Use of Force to Combat Insurrectionists in the Reconstruction South J. Jacob Calhoun pp. 9-34 restricted access HTML icon View The Donaldsonville March of 1870: A Case Study in Black Militias’ Use of Force to Combat Insurrectionists in the Reconstruction South PDF icon Download The Donaldsonville March of 1870: A Case Study in Black Militias’ Use of Force to Combat Insurrectionists in the Reconstruction South Save The Donaldsonville March of 1870: A Case Study in Black Militias’ Use of Force to Combat Insurrectionists in the Reconstruction South Get Access to The Donaldsonville March of 1870: A Case Study in Black Militias’ Use of Force to Combat Insurrectionists in the Reconstruction South Greater Reconstruction and the Limitations to Federal Power in the US–Mexico Borderlands William S. Kiser pp. 35-58 restricted access HTML icon View Greater Reconstruction and the Limitations to Federal Power in the US–Mexico Borderlands PDF icon Download Greater Reconstruction and the Limitations to Federal Power in the US–Mexico Borderlands Save Greater Reconstruction and the Limitations to Federal Power in the US–Mexico Borderlands Get Access to Greater Reconstruction and the Limitations to Federal Power in the US–Mexico Borderlands Cracks in the Granite: Contested Civil War Memories in the American West John R. Legg, Niels Eichhorn pp. 59-89
January 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
norton.bsky.social
In 1896, blaming pedestrians for walking where they wished was so obviously absurd that it was an opportunity for sarcastic humor in newspaper editorials.

Daily Times (Donaldsonville, Louisiana), May 27, 1896.
September 6, 2023 at 1:05 PM
rimagev.bsky.social
Some still life. From a restaurant in Donaldsonville, LA. Can't say why but this has always been a favorite pic of mine.

#photography #StillLife
December 1, 2024 at 3:38 AM
leslie-anne.bsky.social
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Donaldsonville Wendy’s is 🔥 #doineffable
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September 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
everylot-usps.bsky.social
DONALDSONVILLE: 301 IBERVILLE ST, DONALDSONVILLE LA 70346-9998
Street View image of post office
April 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
bachynski.bsky.social
“We only did two takes, I think,” Johnson once said, according to the Donaldsonville Chief. “When we finished, everyone applauded, even the string players.”

Johnson, who performed the classic’s tenor saxophone solo, added jokingly: “And that’s saying something … They never applaud for anything.”
Saxophonist Plas Johnson, known for solo on The Pink Panther Theme, dies aged 94
Jazz saxophonist – who recorded with artists Frank Sinatra, BB King and more – died in Los Angeles, reports say
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July 22, 2026 at 1:24 AM
charleskeener.bsky.social
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It’s Now or Never in a Small Town’s Fight to Put People Over Corporations.
As another corporation moves to Donaldsonville, La., a growing coalition of neighbors wants a community benefits agreement that puts people first and ensures that a development gets done the right way...
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September 23, 2026 at 9:20 PM
forgottencomics.bsky.social
"The Jones Sisters" by Ed Gillum, 1991-1992
January 30th, 1992 as seen in the Donaldsonville Chief
Comic strip "The Jones Sisters." Mandy asks Meg for gift ideas for their boss Mr. Growl. Meg suggests a trip to Acapulco, but Mandy knows that Mr. Growl would do nothing but complain about the trip. "Who said anything about round trip!?" Meg replies.
July 2, 2026 at 4:28 PM
coolhand.bsky.social
The original. So beautiful.

Ok now I’m really stopping 🤣 12/12 images
Historical map titled “Ancient Courses of the Mississippi River Meander Belt”, covering Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Donaldsonville, Louisiana. The base is a detailed grid and township map, overlaid with brightly colored, swirling shapes that trace the Mississippi River’s past paths over time. Each meander loop, cutoff, and oxbow lake is shaded in different colors—red, yellow, green, blue, and pink—indicating distinct historical stages as explained in the legend. Notes and symbols show levees, cutoffs, and river control works. The effect is a layered, tangled history of the river’s migrations, illustrating centuries of shifting channels and changing floodplains.
September 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
genxdadvet.bsky.social
I've been getting as many people to make sure they are registered, make sure their polling place is set, and ready. Midterms are usually dismal, but I'm going to try to move the needle in Baker and Donaldsonville.
August 27, 2026 at 3:53 PM
cecef.bsky.social
Wild. Sounding like the stories of my aunt who was born in 1917 in Donaldsonville. She told us about how you couldn’t walk down the roads without fear of getting raped by the police and the yt boys driving on the roads. I can feel her anger right now. No safety and no recourse.
November 17, 2024 at 3:23 AM
criminalerin.bsky.social
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A slightly doctored (guess where) Wikipedia screenshot of James Carville's early life: Among Carville's earliest political campaign work was ripping down the campaign signs of a candidate for public office during high school. Carville graduated from a literal Haunted Graveyard in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, in 1962.
April 23, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Hamburger stand, Louisiana State Fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana
(Russell Lee. 1938)
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August 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
lailluminator.com
Gov. Landry said nothing has changed about Hyundai's plans to open a $5.8B steel plant in Donaldsonville, even after an immigration raid on the South Korean company’s facility in Georgia sparked outrage back home. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/09/16/g...
Gov. Landry doesn’t expect ‘anybody illegally to be working’ on Louisiana Hyundai project • Louisiana Illuminator
In a defiant tone, Gov. Jeff Landry said nothing has changed about Hyundai’s plans to open a massive steel plant in Donaldsonville, even after an immigration raid on the South Korean company’s facilit...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
christinastephens.bsky.social
So far in Louisiana food mentions today we’ve gotten Faye’s, King Cake and the Donaldsonville Popeyes chicken sandwich.
September 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
theadvocatebr.bsky.social
Step inside the Noel Distillery in Donaldsonville and you’ll smell the sweet, funky scent of cane juice fermenting and see Natalie Noel, her father Frank, sister, and aunt hard at bit.ly/4ynwmc3
Inside the daughter-dad distillery turning Louisiana sugar cane into rum
Step inside the Noel Distillery in Donaldsonville and you’ll smell the sweet, funky scent of cane juice fermenting and see Natalie Noel, her father Frank, sister, and aunt hard at
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September 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
garydavidplummer.bsky.social
Russell Lee
“Fortune teller, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana.” November 1938.
Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress
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At the “Temple of Knowledge” booth at the Louisiana State Fair in November 1938, Russell Lee immortalized fortune teller Stella May, identified by the small sign over her head. She wears a gypsy head scarf and holds a purse against her right hip, while her left hand grasps a sign promising “psychic life readings” and “authentic astrology” for 10 cents.
June 25, 2024 at 1:03 PM