Metairie

A surprising journey through the history and growth of this large city neighboring New Orleans. While New Orleans is recognized the world over for the French Quarter and Mardi Gras, Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans, is not as well known. But Metairie has a rich history all its own. What was described two centuries ago as “a tongue of land to lend pasturage” has become the second largest unincorporated city in the nation. The explorer La Salle noticed the river bend that is now Metairie when he