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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D39_plaquemine-first-united-methodist-church_Plaquemine-LA.html
Plaquemine First United Methodist Church. . . Methodist circuit riders came out of Mississippi into this area soon after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. A Union church building was erected in 1841 on what is now the parking lot of the present Me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A0N_bayou-sorrel-indian-mound_Plaquemine-LA.html
Bayou Sorrel Indian Mound is one of the most prominent in Atchafalaya Heritage Area.
Archaeological investigation in 1913 by Clarence Moore
include artifacts from Tchefuncte, Marksville, Baytown,
Coles Creek or Plaquemine Period. After the Floo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23V9_administration-building-u-s-public-health-service-hospital-carville_Carville-LA.html
Indian Camp Plantation, Henry Howard, Architect, Built 1859, Wood, Masonry & Steel, Sq.Ft. 17,042Facing River Road in a prominent position at the entrance to the grounds is Indian Camp Plantation, the most important single architectural feature of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23S6_bayou-plaquemine_Plaquemine-LA.html
Bayou Plaquemine was an important Mississippi River distributary that allowed for boat navigation throughout the Atchafalaya Basin. Travelers left the Mississippi via Bayou Plaquemine, moved west to the Atchafalaya, and then headed further inland …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23LR_gulf-intracoastal-waterway_Plaquemine-LA.html
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway was designed primarily for commercial traffic but is also used by recreational boaters. It allows vessels and goods to travel more than 1,300 miles through safer waters inland from the Gulf of Mexico.Completed in 194…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23LE_bayou-plaquemine_Plaquemine-LA.html
Upon completion in 1909, The Plaquemine Lock was an engineering marvel thanks to the unique gravity of water flow system that operated the highest fresh water lock in the world.As a distributary of the Mississippi River and an inland route to the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21Y9_capt-pierre-joseph-landry_Saint-Gabriel-LA.html
Co. B - Meriam's Reg't.Louisiana MilitiaWar of 1812Born - Jan. 9, 1770, St. Servan, FranceDied - Mar. 14, 1843, Iberville Parish, LouisianaBuried - Old St. Gabriel Church CemeterySt. Gabriel, LouisianaMigrated to Iberville Parish in 1785and became…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YWQ_cage-door-of-harry-t-chimpanzee_Carville-LA.html
Harry was a "bull" chimp (alpha male). His importance in Laboratory Research was that his blood was used to make an extract called transfer factor that was given to patients. His "official" designation was a special study case "Harry T. Chimpanzee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YV4_triumph-at-carville-a-tale-of-leprosy-in-america_Carville-LA.html
In 1894, The Louisiana Leper Home was established at an abandoned plantation south of Baton Rouge, near a town eventually known as Carville. That November, the first seven patients, transferred from a "pest house" in New Orleans, arrived on a coal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YV2_the-daughters-of-charity_Carville-LA.html
In 1895, the Louisiana Leper Home Board of Control needed to secure nursing services for the first patients. They approached a Catholic nursing order with the promise of furnishing sleeping and living arrangements. The Daughters of Charity of St. …