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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MPN_highland-cemetery_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
In use since 1815. Interred here, among others, are Armand Allard Duplantier, Sr. (1753-1827), French officer who served with Lafayette in the American Revolution; his wife, Constance Rochon Joyce (1766-1841); and Pierre Joseph Favrot (1749-1824),…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MGX_civil-war-battle_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Colonel Henry Watkins Allen, later governor of Confederate Louisiana, was severely wounded near here in the Battle Of Baton Rouge, August 5, 1862. He fell while leading his Louisiana brigade against the Indiana battery in position on Government ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MG2_oliver-pollock_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Commemorating Oliver Pollock, American Patriot and his nine fellow Americans in the March De Galvez Oliver PollockRepresentative of the Continential Congress in Spanish LouisianaAgent of the Colony of Virginia and financier of that Colony's expedi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M5I_spanish-american-war-memorial_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
In Memoriam
U.S.S. Maine
Destroyed in Havana Harbor
February 15, 1898
This figurehead from the battleship "Louisiana" is erected in memory of the soldiers and sailors who served the flag in the Spanish-American War.
1898-1902
Erected M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M4T_riverfront-plaza_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Located on the first high bluffs rising above the Mississippi River, Baton Rouge derives its name from the French explorer d'Iberville's 1699 description of a red stick or pole dividing the hunting grounds of the Bayou Goula and Houmas Indians. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M1G_u-s-s-kidd_Port-Allen-LA.html
Has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses National significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1986
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M0Z_ole-war-skule_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Site of the
Louisiana State University
1886 - 1925
This marker
erected by the last generation
of the
Cadets of the 'Ole War Skule'
To honor the men and women
who attended or served
Louisiana State University
while on these hallowed gro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M0Y_sugar-kettle_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Used by Jean Étienne de Borè in 1795 to granulate sugar from Louisiana cane for the first time, thus revolutionizing Louisiana's economy. The kettle was later bought by planter John Hill and given to Louisiana State University.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M0X_pentagon-buildings_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Constructed 1819-1822 to house U.S. troops. Used as a garrison from 1822-1877 except from 1861-1862 when held by Confederates. From 1886-1925 these buildings and grounds were the site of Louisiana State University.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M0V_bayou-manchac_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
It marked the boundary between areas possessed by Great Britain and Spain 1763-1779, and Spain and the United States 1803-1810.