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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MNW_louis-juchereau-de-st-denis_Natchitoches-LA.html
In 1700 explored & established trade with Natchitoches Indians voyaging on Red River. In 1714 built a garrisoned post to repel the Spanish, promoted trade searched mines. Married in 1716 at the Rio del Norte Presidio. Leadership of Indians & victo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MNV_ft-st-jean-baptiste_Natchitoches-LA.html
(English)
Built about 1715 by request of Saint Denis to halt the Spanish expansion eastward. Natchitoches Indians, allies of the French, gave their name to the city.
(French)
Fort St-Jean-Baptiste
(a 300 meters au Sud)
Construit vers 1715…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MNU_roque-house_Natchitoches-LA.html
This French Colonial cottage was built by a freed black slave namedd "Yves" but called "Pascale". in 1797. Constructed of bousillage (adobe) between angular and upright posts, it represents the earliest form of what is now known in Louisiana as "C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MMI_el-camino-real-de-los-tejas_Robeline-LA.html
This early road connected the presidio, "Nuestra Senora del Pilar de los Adaes", to the royal authority in Mexico City. An elected representative from Los Adaes traveled 1300 miles to Mexico City where he collected the soldiers' salaries and purch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MMH_los-adaes_Robeline-LA.html
Mission Founded nearby in 1717 for Adaes Indians by Fra Margil, Franciscan of Zacatecas, who traversed the trail from Panama on foot. French Natchitoches served by missionaries from this easternmost Spanish post.PlaqueDedicated June 1, 1974 by Nat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C8T_old-plauche-place-ducournau-plantation_Natchez-LA.html
(side 1)This c. 1836 center hill Creole cottage is of poteaux sur sole, (hand-hewn pegged cypress sills on brick piers)and bousillage construction on the 1780s land grand to Claude Pierre Thomas Metoyer. The lower 68 acres given to a free woman of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B83_el-camino-real_Natchitoches-LA.html
Traveled by St. Denis in 1714from Natchitoches to the Rio Grande
Natchitoches, the oldest town in La.,was established in 1714
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191X_colonial-gateway-corral_Natchitoches-LA.html
First sighted by St. Denis and Bienville in 1700, this hill was later St. Denis' vacherie. Here three paths met. From the Spanish West came cattle and horses; eastward were his home and the route of flatboats to New Orleans. A road wound North to …