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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29U1_boothe-landing-mound_Harrisonburg-LA.html
Boothe Landing is a 10-foot-tall conical mound that is well preserved. The oval-shaped base measures 82 feet by 60 feet. A village was just north of the mound. Decorated pottery found in the village area suggests Indians built the mound around 500…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29U0_alexander-mound_Harrisonburg-LA.html
Alexander is a conical-shaped mound that is 10 1/2 feet tall and 98 by 130 feet at the base. It is the largest of 7 mounds that once stood here. The other 6 were only 1 1/2 to 5 feet tall. They have been reduced in size by plowing and are barely v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29DD_fort-beauregard-veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Harrisonburg-LA.html
Dedicated in Memory of Those Who GaveTheir Lives in World War I, World War IIAnd The Korean Action
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26PF_red-river_Marksville-LA.html
Located on Red River 11 miles upstream from Marksville, Lock & Dam #1 is the first of five locks used to manage transportation from Shreveport to the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers.The Red River is 1,360 miles long and originates in the states…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z5J_mcguffee-mounds_Harrisonburg-LA.html
McGuffee has as many as 6 mounds on the west bank of the Ouachita River. Several of the mounds are well preserved and visible from the road. A C-shaped earthen ridge encloses the mounds. Radiocarbon dates suggest Indians built these earthworks aro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJH_routon-mounds_Jonesville-LA.html
Routon has 7 mounds on the west bank of the Ouachita River. The 4 largest are rectangular with flat tops. The other 3 are dome shaped and less than 2 feet tall. The mound visible from the road is rectangular. It is 12½ feet tall and 230 by 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJG_catahoula-parish-veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Harrisonburg-LA.html
In memory of those who gave their lives in World War I, II, Korean Action and the Vietnam War.World War I Perry D. Alexandria, Fred D. Baker, John M. Blair, Silas W. Book, Lewis Brooks, Benjamin Burrel, John C. Chevallier, Albert W. Dorsey, Lather…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJ3_tew-lake-mounds_Jonesville-LA.html
Tew Lake has 3 small, irregularly shaped mounds. The 2 in pasture on the south side of Routon Road are almost 4 feet tall. The one north of Routon Road has been reduced in height by plowing and is less than 3 feet tall. Soil studies and artifacts …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YIF_troyville-earthworks_Jonesville-LA.html
An earthen wall and 9 mounds were once a prominent part of the landscape here. Early explorers described the largest mound or "Great Mound" as being 82 feet high, the tallest mound known in Louisiana. The earth-works were built between 100 BC and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YIE_troyville-earthworks_Jonesville-LA.html
The 82-foot-tall "Great Mound" of Troyville once stood here. In 1936, Archaeologist Winslow Walker made this diagram, depicting the size and shape of the mound. Today, only 3 feet of mound fill remains.