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historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-3004c_elkhorn-plantation-mound_Ferriday-LA.html
Elkhorn is a 10-foot-tall platform mound that is 150 by 100 feet at the base. Construction of the mound began around AD 450. Soil studies indicated that the dirt was added during a second state of construction. Pottery found here suggests that the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MVF_natchez_Vidalia-LA.html
Here passed, in 1543, De Soto's men under Moscoso. In 1682 La Salle and De Tonti here visited the Natchez Indians. In 1716 Bienville here built Fort Rosalie and established a French settlement. In 1763 the fort was ceded to the English and renamed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IAH_the-blues-trail-mississipi-to-louisiana_Ferriday-LA.html
Louisiana and Mississippi have long shared a close musical relationship. One of the most important musical paths was that between Natchez and Ferriday, where African American entrepreneur Will Haney operated Haney's Big House for several decades. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6T3_sidney-a-murray-jr-hydroelectric-station_Vidalia-LA.html
In 1990, construction of the largest prefabricated power plant in the world, the Sidney A. Murray, Jr., Hydroelectric Station, was completed 40 miles south of Vidalia. It was the vision of Mayor Sidney A. Murray, Jr. to harness the power of the Mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6T2_relocation-of-vidalia_Vidalia-LA.html
"Vidalia, a City on the Move!" is the slogan which has, in recent years, signified a progressive town surging ever forward. But, in 1938, it meant something entirely different to Vidalians as they literally moved their town from the banks of the M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6T1_frogmore-mound_Ferriday-LA.html
Frogmore is an Indian mound and village site that dates to about AD 700-1200. The mound is rectangular and was built in two separate episodes. It is 14 feet high, 157 by 190 feet at the base, and 60 by 72 feet at the summit. The mound was built wi…