Jean lafitte

The polemical pirate spent only three years on Galveston Island but left a lasting impression

At least part of the Jean Laffite journal collection at Sam Houston Regional Library at Liberty, Texas can be proven authentic through association with a portrait of Laffite never a part of the arc…

Table of Contents For those who say pirates never existed in New Orleans, that the buccaneer myths are overplayed, and that Jean Lafitte was not as much of a notable figure in New Orleans proper; for all the lack of evidence, there does remain folklore and hard evidence: a pirate sleeps in St. Louis Cemetery […]

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New Orleans is home to countless legendary bars. One of the most celebrated and enduring watering holes in the Big Easy is without a doubt Jean Lafitte’s Old Absinthe House. The Old Absinthe …

While the War of 1812 raged on between Great Britain and the United States, a group of gentleman pirates or as they would so often call themselves

“The Journal of Jean Laffite” is a historical manuscript that surfaced in 1948 when John Andrechyne Laflin presented it to the Missouri Historical Society. He claimed that it was a jour…

Pirate home of Jean Lafitte 1817 - Galveston, Texas - Pirates on Waymarking.com Been there. Not much left these days. Sad.

X marks the spot for pirate adventures on the Texas coastline. The infamous pirate Jean Lafitte sailed the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Laguna Madre. He made a home for himself on Galvesto…