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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM236R_presentation-academy_Mansura-LA.html
Site of first Catholic school in Avoyelles Parish - 1855. Founded by Daughters of the Cross of Treguier, France, under Mother Mary Hyacinth Le Conniat on request of Bishop Martin. Battle of Mansura, May 16, 1864, began on Convent grounds.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM213V_fogleman-cemetery_Bunkie-LA.html
John Fogleman, a native of Virginia, was in this area in 1816, a witness to his sister's wedding in the St. Landry Courthouse. He married Polly Sandefur there Jan. 1, 1819. On Nov. 28, 1853, the states of the deceased John Fogleman was sold in a b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM201F_veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Simmesport-LA.html
VETERANS MEMORIALAll Gave Some. Some Gave All.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-13350_what-is-the-sarto-bridge_Moreauville-LA.html
The Sarto Old Iron Bridge was built in response to flood problems in northeast Avoyelles Parish during the early part of the twentieth century. Frequent flooding between Bayou des Glaises and the Red River resulted in the need to evacuate people, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-4fa22_sarto-old-iron-bridge_Moreauville-LA.html
The Sarto Old Iron Bridge, built in 1916, is a steel truss bridge traversing Bayou des Glaises in the rural community of Big Bend. The Sarto Bridge is a pedestrian and vehicular bridge, one lane wide with a three part centered span mounted on a pi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-e8a0a_sarto-old-iron-bridge_Moreauville-LA.html
English SidePrior to 1913, floodwaters from the nearby Mississippi, Atchafalaya, and Red Rivers frequently forced the evacuation of people, livestock and property in the Big Bend area. The Avoyelles Parish Police Jury in 1915 authorized the constr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-1b128_big-bend-development-of-a-community_Moreauville-LA.html
Big Bend is located along Louisiana State Highway 451, adjacent to Bayou des Glaises in a loop through northeastern Avoyelles Parish, between Hamburg and Moreauville. The community was settled in the 19th century by people of both French and Engli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-a52a3_a-historic-landmark_Moreauville-LA.html
Sarot Old Iron Bridge is the first bridge in Louisiana to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The State Review Committee for the National Register of Historic Places in Baton Rouge first considered the bridge on November 21, 198…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YEZ_laborde-building_Marksville-LA.html
Arts and Crafts two story brick building built by Dr. E. M. Laborde and Cliffe E. Laborde for commercial use downstairs and dental and legal offices upstairs. Tidewater Marine, Inc., founded here in 1956.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YES_gardiner-laborde-home_Marksville-LA.html
Built by Alfred Dupuy for J. R. Smith. Later home to the Gardiner and Benjamin Laborde families. Full two story Victorian dwelling with upper and lower galleries. Strong Eastlake influence of both interior and exterior.