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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22OE_henri-de-tonti_Natchitoches-LA.html
On Feb. 17, 1690, Henri de Tonti, a trader and French army officer known as the Iron Hand, arrived in this area to search for LaSalle's lost colony. While here, he helped arrange a treaty between the Taensa and Natchitoches Indians.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22OB_ducournau-building_Natchitoches-LA.html
This Building Ducournau Building 1835 Has Been Placed On The National Register of Historic Places By the United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22OA_natchitoches-historic-district_Natchitoches-LA.html
Natchitoches Historic District Has Been Designated A National Historic Landmark This Site Possesses National Significance in Commemorating the History of the United States of America
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22K3_first-mass-in-natchitoches_Natchitoches-LA.html
"The first recorded, formal Christian religious service conducted in Nathchitoches was a holy Mass celebrated in 1716 in the open air beneath a large wooden cross. The celebrant, a native of Valencia, Spain, was Venerable Antonio Margil de Je…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22K1_basilica-of-the-immaculate-conception_Natchitoches-LA.html
Begun in 1852 and completed in 1889, this is the fifth Catholic Church in Natchitoches. The first was associated with the French colonial Fort St. Jean Baptiste. Proclaimed a minor basilica by apostolic decree from his holiness Benedict XVI in Jan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22FR_site-of-camp-salubrity_Natchitoches-LA.html
About 2 miles NW occupied 1844-45 by the 4th Infantry Regiment part of the "Army of Observation" to be near the Texas border should hostilities occur with Mexico. The camp located on the old Texas Road. Lt. Ulysses S. Grant was stationed there and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22FQ_saint-denis-tomb_Natchitoches-LA.html
Beneath this building, former site of the Church of Saint Francis, the first Catholic Church in Natchitoches, lie the remains of The Chevalier Louis Juchereau de Saint Denis. Born at Quebec September 17, 1676, died at Natchitoches June 11, 1744…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ES_the-red-river-campaign_Natchitoches-LA.html
In April 1864, life along tranquil Cane River was brutally disrupted when the Civil War reached area residents. In an operation known as the Red River Campaign, Union naval and land forces advanced up the Red River valley from occupied portions of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20EM_the-historic-cane-river_Natchitoches-LA.html
Once a primary channel of the mighty Red River, Cane River has defined the region for centuries. It has been home to various ethnic groups over the years, including the Native Americans, French, Spanish, Africans from various tribes, and Americans…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20EK_bayou-amulet_Natchitoches-LA.html
During the French and Spanish Colonial Period, 1714 - 1803, this bayou emptied into the Red River, now Cane River Lake. It was the rendezvous when the river trade from New Orleans met the pack animal trains from Old Mexico. Because of the many …
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