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A) Plaquemine, Louisiana Mile 208.2 AHP The settlement that arose at the mouth of the Bayou Plaquemine took as its name the Native American word for the fruit, persimmon. Early settlers traveled on the bayou, but as the Mississippi River roun…
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Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana... going navigation on the Mississippi River. ...gas fields in Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma... a major processing and transportation... industry. The French built the first fort here in 1819. They nam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM261J_white-hall-plantation-union-louisiana-point-houmas_Memphis-TN.html
A) White Hall Plantation Mile 166.0 AHP One of the most effective Confederate gun batteries on the river was located near White Hall. When it was bombarded by the Union Ironclad, Monongahela in 1863, the vessel's commander was killed and a you…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM261I_donaldsonville-louisiana-bayou-lafourche-geismar-louisiana_Memphis-TN.html
A) Donaldsonville, Louisiana Mile 175.0 AHP A trading post was established where Bayou Lafourche met the river in 1750, and a small community grew up around it. Most of the settlers were French, but the town was named for William Donaldson, an…
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A) Port Hudson, Louisiana Mile 256.0 AHP This settlement began as a trading post and by the time of the U.S. Civil War, it was an important shipping center with both a steamboat landing and a rail line to the east. The Confederates heavily for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM261G_hog-point-louisiana-raccourci-cutoff-caernarvon-crevasse_Memphis-TN.html
A) Hog Point, Louisiana Mile 298.2 AHP The channel off Hog Point, in the middle of Raccourci Cutoff, has long been one of the most troublesome stretches on the lower river. Constant dredging is required to keep the channel open. During the U.S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25ZO_point-a-la-hache-louisiana-magnolia-plantation-louisiana_Memphis-TN.html
A) Point a La Hache, Louisiana Mile 45.0 AHP French explorers named the slight curve in the river bank "Point of the Axe." It is the end of the Mainline Levee System on the east bank. B) Magnolia Plantation, Louisiana Mile 47.0 A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25ZL_junior-crevasse-poverty-point-louisiana-jesuits-bend_Memphis-TN.html
A) Junior Crevasse Mile 55.0 AHP During the great flood of April 1927, the steamship Inspector was fought erratic currents downstream past the Junior Plantation. The pilot lost control and the boat's bow crashed into the levee. Thought the pil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25ZJ_belle-chasse-louisiana-english-turn-bend-caernarvon-crevasse-poydras-crevasse_Memphis-TN.html
A) Belle Chasse, Louisiana Mile 75.9 AHP Belle Chasse Plantation was the home of Judah P. Benjamin, often called "the brains of the Confederate government." He served as Attorney General Secretary of War and Secretary of State for th…
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Mile 90.2 AHP Word of the treaty signed in December 1814, was slow to reach the countryside south of New Orleans, LA. Before dawn on January 8, 1815, General Andrew Jackson's American troops were waiting for a British attack. Commanded by Gener…
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