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historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-ec456_fort-beauregard_Harrisonburg-LA.html
One-half mile west was one of four forts built by Confederates in May, 1863 to prevent the ascent of Federal gunboats on the Ouachita River. It was abandoned 1863, but was reoccupied in 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-76dd8_harrisonburg-mounds_Jonesville-LA.html
Two Indian mounds make up the Harrisonburg Mounds site. The well-preserved conical mound that can be seen from here was built around AD 200. It is 10 feet high and 115 feet in diameter. The other mound is about 200 feet to the northeast. It is les…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MVB_peck-mounds_Sicily-Island-LA.html
The Peck Mounds site has 5 mounds built along the bluff above Lake Louie. Only 4 mounds are visible today. The largest is platform shaped and measures 18 feet tall and 165 by 180 feet at the base. The smaller 3 are domed shaped and average only 4 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MVA_peck-village_Sicily-Island-LA.html
Peck Village is a village and mound site where Indians lived between 100 BC and AD 1200. Archaeologist James A. Ford excavated here in 1933. He used a method called seriation to study the changes in pottery decoration through time. Based on potter…