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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28A7_boat-house_Avery-Island-LA.html
This structure is known as the Ward Boathouse. Like Edward
Avery Mclhenny, Charles Willis Ward (1856-1920) ran a
plant nursery and was an avid conservationist. Around 1910,
Mclhenny and Ward met, and with Mclhenny''s permission
Ward set up a h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28A6_the-cleveland-oak_New-Iberia-LA.html
The Cleveland Oak was named for Grover Cleveland
(1837-1908), the two-term U.S. President (1885-1889 and
1893-1897). Cleveland was a close friend of Joe Jefferson
(1829-1905), the actor of Rip Van Winkle fame who owned
nearby Jefferson Island.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM289L_bayou-petite-anse_New-Iberia-LA.html
Petite Anse actually means "Little Cove"'' in Louisiana French.
This particular bayou runs along the west side of Avery
Island before flowing south into Vermilion Bay and the Gulf
of Mexico (through the Avery Canal). In the 19th century
schoon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM288E_avery-island-salt-dome_New-Iberia-LA.html
Avery Island is a 2,200 acre salt dome located in coastal Iberia Parish. The dome's elevation supports habitats not found in the surrounding marshes, swamps and parishes.Avery Island stands out from the surrounding wetlands, rising at its highest …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26OH_bayou-teche_New-Iberia-LA.html
Because movement here in the late 1800s was easier by water than by land, many daily activities occurred on or along Bayou Teche, including transportation, trade, and mail delivery.Bayou Teche is an ancient channel of the Mississippi River, which …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26ID_spanish-lake_New-Iberia-LA.html
Spanish Lake is an example of a bluff lake, which forms in areas between the bayou bank and the higher bank that runs along the edge of a river's drainage area.Spanish Lake, formerly called Lake Flamand and later Lake Tasse (meaning "cup"…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26FN_spanish-lake_New-Iberia-LA.html
First known as Lake Flamand for one of the early settlers, Jean Baptist Grevemberg; known as Lake Tasse by the French due to its cup shape; and known as Spanish Lake for early Spanish colonials who lived on its shores.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26FI_new-iberia-shipwreck_New-Iberia-LA.html
The wreckage of Teche, a steamship, lies buried below the surface at this site. The steamer, built in 1860, was originally named Sam Sugg and then Tom Sugg. It was constructed for commercial use with a small side-wheeled shallow draft western-styl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26EA_alligators_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
Alligators have been around since the age of the dinosaurs. Found only in the southeastern United States, American alligators inhabit freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers, marshes, swamps, and bayous. Oftentimes you may only see their eyes, heads or mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26D8_lake-fausse-point_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
Once connected to the Atchafalaya River, Lake Fausse Pointe was cut off from the river's flow and sediment deposits once the Atchafalaya Basin levees were completed in the 1930s. The lake's shape has remained the same ever since.Though named as tw…