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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24JI_morgan-springer_Thibodaux-LA.html
Born in 1814 in Fayette County, PA, to Zedoc and Eleanor Springer, Morgan flat-boated down the Mississippi River with James Frost, a friend, around 1840. A master carpenter, he soon acquired a lot on Jackson Street in Thibodaux. Frost and Springer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24JB_james-mcallister_Thibodaux-LA.html
James Mcallister was born in 1809 in Kentucky and practiced law in New Orleans until moving to Thibodaux in 1838. He was elected as the city's first mayor, serving for one year, after which Mcallister became Parish Judge. In that capacity, he nota…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24JA_john-carlton-beatty_Thibodaux-LA.html
Born in 1808 in Mason County, Kentucky, Beatty and his first wife, Charlotte Reid, moved to Lafourche Parish early in life. He initially practiced medicine but became an attorney and politician, was one of the first Trustees of Thibodaux, and assi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XBT_acadia-plantation-historical_Thibodaux-LA.html
Originally named Acadie, the name was changed to Acadia in the 1830's. Once owned by Jim Bowie, the hero of the Alamo, whose family owned it from 1827 to 1831. The house was consolidated into one building from two Creole cottages and a shotgun hou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TUZ_saint-joseph-church-historical_Thibodaux-LA.html
The mother church of Parishes in Lafourche, Terrebonne, St. Mary and lower Assumption was incorporated in 1817. Priests served the area from Assumption Church, Plattenville, until 1822 when Fr. Antoine Potini (1822-1827) became first resident past…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TTJ_leighton-historical_Thibodaux-LA.html
On this site stood
Leighton
Plantation home of
Leonidas Polk
First Bishop of Louisiana
1841—1864
Lieutenant General C.S.A.
1861—1864
Christian✠Patriot✠Leader
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S3L_our-confederate-dead_Thibodaux-LA.html
Side A
We care not whence they came
Dear is their lifeless clay
Whether unknown or known to fame
Their cause and country still the same
They died and wore Gray.
Side B
In memory of the thirty-nine members of Co. A. 2nd Texas Cavalary, who…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QSO_edward-d-white-house_Thibodaux-LA.html
Edward D. White House
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses a National significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1978
Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service
United Stat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QFS_naquin-settlement_Thibodaux-LA.html
Land grant by France to Joseph Jacques Naquin. American patent by order of President James Buchanaan. Recorded 7th June 1858. 6th and 7th generation Naquins on land.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QFQ_moses-allen-chapel-calvary-cemeteries_Thibodaux-LA.html
Established in 1880, this is one of the earliest African-American cemeteries in Thibodaux. It serves three church congregations: Moses Baptist Church, Allen Chapel AME Church , Calvary Methodist Church.