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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM262N_bayou-teche_Jeanerette-LA.html
According to Chitimacha legend, the imprint of a giant dying snake was left in the soil, and later became the twisty Bayou Teche as it filled in with water.No one knows exactly how the 125-mile Bayou Teche got its name, but according to one popula…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21F6_chitimacha-veterans-monument-a-war-memorial_Jeanerette-LA.html
Chitimacha Veterans' MonumentIn Honor of All Chitimacha VeteransWho Proudly ServedLest We ForgetQapx Kimaa
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MI3_st-john-the-evangelist-church-parish_Jeanerette-LA.html
Founded 12 January 1879 by Napoleon J. Perche, Archbishop of New Orleans. The present church was built in 1908, Rev. M. Brady, pastor, August 1885 - June 1928.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MHK_nicholas-provot_Jeanerette-LA.html
"The Father of Jeanerette." Buried here September 12, 1816. One of the area's first landowners. Town of Jeanerette grew up on site of his plantation. His descendants have been prominent in local history.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MH7_sorrel_Jeanerette-LA.html
(English)
Site of one of the early ranches along Old Cattle Route from Mexico to Vacherie on the Miss. Joseph Sorrel, in cattle business from 1750s had land claims of over three thousand acres.
(French)
Emplacement d'une des premieres fermes …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MGP_harry-b-hewes-house_Jeanerette-LA.html
This East Lake Victorian home, built i 1897, was the home of Harry Bertram Hewes until his death in 1953. Hewes, descendant of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was a founder and co~owner of Jeanerette Lumber and Shingle Co., …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LR2_beau-pre-circa-1828_Jeanerette-LA.html
This home, originally known as Pine Grove, was bought in 1830 by John W. Jeanerette, the first Postmaster between New Iberia and Charenton, and for whom Jeanerette is named. This historic home escaped the destruction of military operations in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LKG_bayside-plantation_Jeanerette-LA.html
This house was built in 1850 by Francis D. Richardson on Bayou Teche in Greek Revival style of the period. Richardson, a classmate & friend of Edgar Allen Poe, purchased the land for a sugar plantation. Named Bayside because of dense growth of Bay…