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The Treaty of Paris (1763) ended the French and Indian War in the American Colonies. France transferred to Britain all its rights to the mainland of America. East of the Mississippi River, excluding New Orleans and its environs. As a result. Brita…
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The Spanish fort, San Carlos, at Baton Rouge was captured in a rebellion by the citizens of the Florida Parishes, and a Republic was established under the blue flag with a white star.St. Francisville was the capitalThis independent nation, complet…
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Spanish Colonial Architecture built on site of original Spanish land grant acquired by William Williams in January 1795.Private
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In nearby Grace Church Cemetery is the tomb of Lieut. Commander John E. Hart, U.S. Gunboat Albatross, buried at Episcopal service & with Naval & Masonic honors by Brother Masons of Feliciana Lodge No. 31 F.&A.M., June 11, 1863.
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19th century gardens, site of famed ante-bellum mansion built in 1849 by David Barrow, once wealthiest planter in W. Feliciana; destroyed by fire in 1963. Tomb of Alexander Barrow, U.S. Senator from LA. in 1840's, in family cemetery.
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Founded by John Mills in 1790 as a trading post and cotton port. Bayou Sara was the river port for the Felicianas and was one of the largest shipping ports between Natchez and New Orleans before 1860.
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As one of Louisiana's oldest Protestant Churches, its history began in 1827 in St. Francisville; Investiture came in 1829, with Bishop Polk's Visitation in 1839. Shelled during Civil War, the Church began, rebuilt, with final restoration in 1880's.
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Spanish Land Grant made in 1789 to John Mills, American revolutionary soldier. (Founder of Bayou Sara in 1790, Mills was also a leader in the West Florida Rebellion, 1810.) In 1835 Daniel Turnbull built the present home at Rosedown.
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Oakley Plantation, 3 miles east, where John James Audubon painted 32 of his Birds of America. It was built in 1799 by Ruffin Gray and acquired as a state park in 1947 from Miss Lucy Mathews.
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Home of famed Gen. David Bradford, leader of the Whiskey Rebellion. The Myrtles was built in 1796 on a Spanish Land Grant. The architecture, elaborate plaster work and lacy ironwork make this twenty room mansion one of Louisiana's most unusual pla…