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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23VN_mississippi-river_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
The Mississippi River - One of the longest rivers in North America - is divided into three sections: Upper, Middle and Lower Mississippi. At certain points on the southernmost section, the river is one mile wide.The Mississippi River is one of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MXH_southern-university_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
First State Institution Learning For Blacks. Founded New Orleans 1880, as a State Declared College. Became a Land Grant College in 1890; moved to Baton Rouge 1914. Founder and First President, Dr. J. S. Clark, Native of Louisiana.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LKS_pickney-benton-stewart-pinchback_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
In memory of P.B.S. Pinchback, the first African American governor in U.S.history. Pinchback, Governor of Louisiana from Dec. 9, 1872 to Jan. 13, 1873, was born free on May 10, 1837. He was a Union Army Officer during the Civil War. In 1868, Pinch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LKK_scotts-bluff_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
This bluff is believed to have been named for Dr. William Bernard Scott, who bought the property from Lelia Skipwith in 1839. She was the daughter of Fulwar Skipwith, governor of the 1810 West Florida republic and widow of Thomas Bolling Robertson…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LKJ_southern-university_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
This institution was established in 1880 under an 1879 constitutional mandate to educate "persons of color". It was originally located in New Orleans, being one of the first colleges for blacks to receive Federal land scrip funds for agriculture a…