Joomla! site syndication http://www.freyhanfoundation.org Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:19:08 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.freyhanfoundation.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.freyhanfoundation.org Joomla! site syndication http://www.freyhanfoundation.org/content/view/2/26/ An influx of Jewish immigrants arrived in America in the mid-1800’s escaping religious persecution in the Old Country, and many of them followed the westward movement of the cotton empire, their mercantile skills proving invaluable in the agrarian South. One of these immigrants was Julius Freyhan of Germany, who arrived penniless in Louisiana in 1851 and through shrewd fiscal policies died one of the richest men in the South. His extensive business interests included dry goods stores, cotton gins, saloons and opera houses, cotton mills and real estate, first in the St. Francisville-Bayou Sara area and later downriver in New Orleans. The historic museum in St. Francisville exhibits old crockery whiskey jugs stenciled “J. Freyhan Co. Handmade Sour-Mash Bourbon,” some still sporting corncob stoppers. Freyhan Co. in a single year often sold upwards of a million dollars worth of goods and handled some 14,000 bales of cotton. articles - Local Articles Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.freyhanfoundation.org/content/view/1/ The wonderful historic Julius Freyhan School stands as a monument to early education in the St. Francisville area and to the significant contributions made by the early Jewish community. Constructed just after the turn of the 19th century with contributions from wealthy merchant Julius Freyhan, it was used by several generations of students until the 1950's. Some of the earliest pupils rode horseback from homes in the surrounding countryside, and at least one even rowed across the Mississippi River every day to attend classes. News - Latest Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:54:06 +0100 http://www.freyhanfoundation.org/content/view/22/ Click here or on photo to view this event. (http://www.freyhanfoundation.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,60/) Newsflashes - Newsflash Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:06:05 +0100