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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X2M_oak-and-pine-alley-historical_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
Charles Durand, Pre-Civil War sugar planter, credited with planting this alley.
In legend a family wedding party rode down the alley canopied by giant spider webs dusted gold and silver. Ca 1795-99 Spanish Grant to Jacques Fontenette.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V0W_stephanie-martin-duralde-house-historical_Arnaudville-LA.html
Martin Duralde, commandant at Opelousas Post from 1795 to 1803, was the leading political figure in southwestern LA the last years of the Spanish Era. Duralde occupied and developed a 1423 acre tract along the Upper Teche by 1781. He served as sen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R45_evangeline-monument_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
Evangeline, the prototype of the Acadian maiden, was immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his epic poem of the same name. The monument was donated by Delores Del Rio after she starred in the motion picture production of Evangeline which w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M4R_st-bernards-catholic-church_Breaux-Bridge-LA.html
Breaux Bridge's first Catholic chapel was built in 1841. In 1847, St. Bernard's Parish was established and our first substantial church was erected in 1857.
This church, built in 1933-34 by local craftsmen, was the pinnacle of Rev. P.A.Borel's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M4P_scholastique-picou-breaux_Breaux-Bridge-LA.html
Scholastique Picou Breaux founded our wonderful city when she was just 33 years old. A determined Acadian woman, she drew up Plan de la Ville du Pont Breaux, the plan for the Village of Breaux Bridge. Her plan included land for a school, a church,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LQW_the-old-castillo-hotel_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
This building erected 1835-40. As an inn it welcomed travelers and was a center for the towns social activities. Since its purchase in 1899 by the Sisters of Mercy, it has been used as a private school. It was placed on the National Register of Hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LQV_deportation-cross_Saint-Martinville-LA.html
The original Deportation Cross, near Grand-Pre National Historic Site in Nova Scotia is located in the vicinity of the embarkation of the victims of the Acadian Diaspora of 1755. Dedicated on July 24, 1924.
La Croix originelle de la dépo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LI2_louis-hebert_Arnaudville-LA.html
Approximately 100 yards to the West is the probable resting place of Geneeral Louis Hebert, C.S.A. Born in Iberville Parish in 1820, Hebert was graduated from West Point in 1845 third in his class. After an army service of two years, he resigned t…