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| In 1815, Andrew Jackson established his battle line against the British at
the Rodrigues Canal down river from New Orleans (in present day Chalmette) at a spot where
the swamp began only 1600 feet from the river. He established a second line of defense in
the District Montreuil (in present day Bywater) in case his line at the Rodrigues Canal
was broken. During the development of the District Montreuil from his plantation, Robert Montreuil named two of the streets cut through his land for his daughters Désirée and Elmire. A muddled English translation of Désirée produced Desire, a street which today runs from the Mississippi river through the heart of Bywater almost to Lake Pontchartrain. As seen the map below, Desire is the 7th street in Bywater: |
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