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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2246_watson_Denham-Springs-LA.html
First official post office established near this site, February 20, 1894. Named after first postmaster, George W. Watson, whose family owned land that is now the center of Watson.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MCD_denham-springs_Denham-Springs-LA.html
Mineral spring area near here owned by William Denham 1829-1855. Hotel near the springs built prior to the Civil War. Hill's Springs post office renamed Denham Springs in 1898. The village was incorporated in 1903.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M58_indians-along-amite-river_Denham-Springs-LA.html
The Amite River Phase (4000-1500 B.C.) of the Archaic Period was a local variation of a pre-ceramic Indian culture in the area. Gravel lured Indians to the Amite River, which today remains important for this resource.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LN4_hebron-baptist-church_Denham-Springs-LA.html
Oldest in Livingston Parish. Organized in April 1837. First church was log cabin about 3 miles south of here. Frame church built at this site in 1859 on 4 acres of land. 1918 and 1955 larger churches built. Thomas M. Bond first pastor.