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Covington History: Old Landing

Thanks to Ron Barthet/ Tammany Family Blogspot for providing the article and media. Old Landing In the early days of Covington, before the roads

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Local History: Bogue Falaya Shopping Plaza

Back in the 1970’s Covington had its own shopping mall, the Bogue Falaya Plaza. It was a medium-sized all indoor shopping center with a number of shops…

Pic of the Week

This week’s pic “Moon Over Watertank” was submitted by Ron Barthet Submit your photo for “Pic of the Week” by emailing covweekly@gmail.com, posting on

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Local History: Covington in the 1940s and 1950s by Phil Pfeffer

The memories of day-to-day life in Covington in the 1940’s and 1950’s were written down by Phil Pfeffer, a graduate of Covington High School in 1958. Here is what he shared about those times from 70 years ago.

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Local History: Historical Markers of St. Tammany – Part 3

According to the Historical Marker Project website, there are 45 historical markers in St. Tammany Parish. They share a variety of historical highlights across the area, giving us an idea of the people and places that contributed to early St. Tammany. Here is their list, with links to the individual pages to the markers.

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Local History: Major Fires in Covington 1898-1920

In the early years of the 20th century, the city scape of Covington underwent significant changes because of fires raging through the downtown area. Four fires between 1898 and 1911 changed the character of Covington’s central business district.

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Local History: The Division of St. John Becomes a Historic District

In 1982, the City of Covington filed an application with the National Registry of Historic Places asking that the “Division of St. John,” Covington’s historic downtown area, be placed on the national register. It was granted that status in December of 1982.