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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BEI_bayou-terrebonne_Houma-LA.html
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the bayou in front of you was Houma's busiest thoroughfare. You might have seen hunters, trappers and fisherman bringing seafood and animal hides to market. Boatmen hauled crops to inland railroad hubs. Profiteer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BE3_when-oysters-were-king_Houma-LA.html
European settlers found oysters abundant in coastal Louisiana. By 1890, enterprising Houma oystermen saw opportunity in the availability of ice, expanding railroads, and advances in canning. Oysters could now be shipped across the nation.Houma boo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BDP_new-acadia-nouvelle-acadie_Houma-LA.html
Over 2,500 Acadians settled in the Spanish colony of Louisiana between 1764 and 1788, Although victims of the Deportation, none were deported directly to Louisiana. Acadians made their way to Louisiana from various locations. The first group…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BCI_the-grand-derangement-le-grand-derangement_Houma-LA.html
Panel 1 EnglishL'Acadie, established by France in 1604, was a strategically located and highly coveted colony. In 1713, it was handed over to England and renamed Nova Scotia. The foundation of Halifax, in 1749, led part of the. Acadian populat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26AU_yrf-4c-phantom-ii_Houma-LA.html
First entering service in 1960, the McDonnell F-4 Phantom I was designed as a U.S. Navy fleet defense fighter, and was soon adopted by the U.S. Air Force as a fighter-bomber. RF-4 Phantoms also proved capable high performance reconnaissance aircra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM262J_terrebonne-basin_Houma-LA.html
The southern part of the Terrebonne Basin faces many challenges, including substantial subsidence, coastal erosion, marsh loss from sediment and saltwater intrusion. The Terrebonne Basin is part of the Lafourche Delta that formed between 800 to 2,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z5L_terrebonne-parish-courthouse-square-oaks_Houma-LA.html
Marker 1These majestic southern live oaks (Quercus virginiana) in this Terrebonne Courthouse Square were planted during the winter of 1886 by Bernard Filhucan Bazet. Mr. Bazet was born in Lasserre, France in 1832, entered Terrebonne Parish during …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YUK_1834-1934_Houma-LA.html
This tablet is placed by the City Government in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of Houma, and in memory of its founders, Richard H. Grinage and Hubert M. Belanger. Public spirited citizens, who on May 10, 1834, donated this property for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QXK_residence-plantation_Houma-LA.html
Queen Anne Revival style house built in 1898 by Roberta Volumnia Barrow Slatter. Constructed using materials from a house built on same site in 1854 by her parents noted Louisiana planter Robert Ruffin Barrow and Volumnia Hunley Barrow, sister of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QSY_orange-grove_Houma-LA.html
Built c. 1840. Noted for its handsome Greek Revival styling, its briquette-entre-poteaux (bricks set between posts) construction, and its faux bois (false grained) wood-work. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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