Subjects for the web-page. These web-pages contain facts and information on the following: The development of Feudalism, The Crusades, The Magna Carta, The Hundred Years' War, The Black Death, and the disagreements between popes and kings.
MANTECA -- Michael Hat built an. empire from sickly vineyards that catapulted him from class secretary at Ripon. High School to one of the premier growers of wine grapes in California. The center of his empire was to. be a columned mansion he built in 1995 south of Manteca for himself, his wife. and the couple's four children, a mansion worthy of a king.
A 2,000 square foot building at 444 Erlanger Avenue was completed to house the branch in June, 1964. During the 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's the Slidell area experienced a tremendous surge in population growth due to the aerospace industry. This population growth was the impetus behind a bond issue which was approved by St. Tammany Parish voters in the mid 1980's. Construction on a new Slidell Branch building began in 1986 as a result of the bond issue and the branch opened on March 15, 1989. The contemporary style, 22,000 square foot building, has some notable features.