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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29V6_lake-dauterive_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
Lake Dauterive is home to one of the oldest documented cypress trees in Louisiana. The approximately 1,000-year-old tree has a circumference of 17 feet and a diameter of 5.4 feet.Though named as two separate lakes, Lake Dauterive and Lake Fausse P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26FY_maison-olivier_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
Raised Creole cottage constructed circa 1815 using boussillage, pegged cypress beams and bricks hand made by slaved using clay from Bayou Teche.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26FW_bayou-teche_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
Numerous towns, villages and cities border Bayou Teche and serve as reminders of the waterway's importance as an early transportation corridor.Central to the ecology, economy and spirit of Louisiana is the network of waterways—rivers, bayous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26EA_alligators_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
Alligators have been around since the age of the dinosaurs. Found only in the southeastern United States, American alligators inhabit freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers, marshes, swamps, and bayous. Oftentimes you may only see their eyes, heads or mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26D8_lake-fausse-point_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
Once connected to the Atchafalaya River, Lake Fausse Pointe was cut off from the river's flow and sediment deposits once the Atchafalaya Basin levees were completed in the 1930s. The lake's shape has remained the same ever since.Though named as tw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YZ7_on-this-site-lie-buried-officers-of-the-attakapas-militia_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
On this site lie buried officers of The Attakapas Militia serving underGeneral Bernardo GalvezIn the march to and capture of Baton Rouge and Manchac September 1779.Commandant Alexandre-Chevalier de ClouetMajor Louis Du CrestCorporal Jean Huva,Serg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X2M_oak-and-pine-alley-historical_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
Charles Durand, Pre-Civil War sugar planter, credited with planting this alley. In legend a family wedding party rode down the alley canopied by giant spider webs dusted gold and silver. Ca 1795-99 Spanish Grant to Jacques Fontenette.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R45_evangeline-monument_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
Evangeline, the prototype of the Acadian maiden, was immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his epic poem of the same name. The monument was donated by Delores Del Rio after she starred in the motion picture production of Evangeline which w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LQW_the-old-castillo-hotel_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
This building erected 1835-40. As an inn it welcomed travelers and was a center for the towns social activities. Since its purchase in 1899 by the Sisters of Mercy, it has been used as a private school. It was placed on the National Register of Hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LQV_deportation-cross_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
The original Deportation Cross, near Grand-Pre National Historic Site in Nova Scotia is located in the vicinity of the embarkation of the victims of the Acadian Diaspora of 1755. Dedicated on July 24, 1924. La Croix originelle de la dépo…
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