Duel at the Halfway House, New Orleans.
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1866. Sketch by Alfred R. Waud. Pencil and gray paper. The Halfway House, situated midway between the city center and the lakefront, was located about one mile from City Park.
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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Dueling Oak
Many myths are associated with the "Dueling Oaks." An 1892 Times-Democrat article noted that "Blood has been shed under the old cathedral aisles of nature. Between 1834 and 1844 scarcely a day passed…