NORCO
History of Norco Louisiana
NORCO — We really are an acronym. The New Orleans Refining Company. NO.R.Co.
Courtesy of Observateur | First Published in River Current magazine, January 2000
The tiny community of Sellers predates Norco on the site of the old Sellers – or Diamond Plantation – which adjoined Myrtleland.
If any place deserved to be haunted, it was the old Trepagnier, or Myrtleland house, for in 1811, the largest slave uprising in North American history was launched at Woodland Plantation in present-day LaPlace, and swept downriver, intended for New Orleans.
Along the way, Jean Francois Trepagnier refused to abandon his home and was murdered and chopped to pieces. The family, in time, abandoned the home, and it was razed in 1957. His named is recalled in Bayou Trepagnier, which was once an important trade route for upriver farmers returning from the markets of New Orleans.
This is the first section of panels I started painting for the 100′ historical mural that will be completed in late 2020 for the town of Norco, La. It will depict the figures, culture, and history that led to what makes Norco the town that it is today. Turn up your volume!
Photo of Colonel Thomas Sellers
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