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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DC4_bonnie-parker-and-clyde-barrow-ambush-site_Gibsland-LA.html
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow Ambush Site. . On This Site May 23, 1934 at 9:15 a.m. The Infamous Outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow Met Their Demise At The Hands Of These Dedicated Law Enforcement Officials Lest we Forget These Brave A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DC2_frog-level_Rodessa-LA.html
Frog Level. Later Rodessa "History". Frog Level and Rodessa. A town meeting was called in the 1800's by Noah Tyson Sr., store owner, police juror and post master, to name their town. The frogs were hollering in a nearby pond. A man from Alabama j…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DBT_port-hudson-peace-monument-a-war-memorial_Jackson-LA.html
Port Hudson Peace Monument. . Port Hudson Peace Monument Two Soldiers One Federal One Confederate Re-Interred May 27, 1990.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DBQ_bank-of-slaughter_Slaughter-LA.html
Bank of Slaughter. . . Organized May 27, 1905 and opened for business Sept 12, 1905. The initial capitalization was $15,000 It continued in operation until the Banking Panics of the Great Depression when it failed along with about 11,000 of 30,00…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DBK_mississippi-redoubt_Zachary-LA.html
Mississippi Redoubt. . . "Lieut. Rhodes...deployed his men at intervals so as to occupy the whole ridge commenced firing on the enemy [black Union troops] both front and rear doing terrible execution and throwing them into confusion and disorder,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DBJ_bennetts-redoubt_Zachary-LA.html
Bennett's Redoubt. . . "...no less than four mortars were planted for the purpose of shelling our rifle pits, and the battery at Bennetts stables immediately opposite, but these after firing steadily for several days & nights, without doing us t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D4F_parish-courthouse_Franklinton-LA.html
Parish Courthouse. . . Barn 100 feet east marks site of first justice seat for Washington Parish. It served as Courthouse from March 1820, until removed to present site in 1823, with Col. Thomas C. Warner as presiding judge.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D48_indian-village_Slidell-LA.html
Indian Village. . . In 1699 Bienville visited the Colapissa Indians who lived in this area. The Indians called the Pearl River "Taleatcha" ("rock river") because of pearls found in shells from its waters. The French found the river water good to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D39_plaquemine-first-united-methodist-church_Plaquemine-LA.html
Plaquemine First United Methodist Church. . . Methodist circuit riders came out of Mississippi into this area soon after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. A Union church building was erected in 1841 on what is now the parking lot of the present Me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1Q_19th-century-outhouse-c-1890_Opelousas-LA.html
19th Century Outhouse, c.1890. . . Originally located in the community of Prairie Rhonde, next to the Emar Andrepont home, this 19th century cabinette was donated by the family of Dewey Ledoux and moved to the village in 1992. While outhouses typ…