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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B98_edward-v-loustalot_Franklin-LA.html
2nd Lieutenant,1st Ranger Battalion.He was a native of Franklin, Louisiana.Killed in Dieppe raidin France, August 19, 1942.Loustalot was the firstAmerican soldier to dieon European soil in World War II.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27FX_east-cote-blanche-bay_Franklin-LA.html
While deltas east of here are adding land, East Cote Blanche has been retreating due to erosion, subsidence and land loss-issues that are affecting mot of coastal Louisiana.East Cote Blanche Bay is part of a remnant delta complex that was once the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27FP_vermilion-bay_Franklin-LA.html
Between Grand Isle and Cameron, Cypremort Point is the only locality near the Gulf of Mexico that can be reached by car.Cypremort is derived from the French words cyprés (cypress) and mort (dead). This point of land at Vermilion Bay may hav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2647_bayou-teche_Franklin-LA.html
At its peak, Franklin was the largest steamboat port on Bayou Teche, a major early transportation route that directly influenced early English settlers here.Throughout the 1800s, the 125-mile Bayou Teche was the main transportation route through t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2639_bayou-teche_Franklin-LA.html
The diverse land along the Bayou Teche provides critical habitat for numerous native species, including the elusive Louisiana black bear. Bayou Teche is one of the most important bayous in south Louisiana. A former channel of the Mississippi Rive…
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OverviewBayou Teche is the only National Wildlife Refuge established with the specific mission of protecting and managing a population of bears. Its 9,028 acres preserve habitat for the Louisiana black bear, a federally threatened subspecies of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21JS_st-mary-parish-courthouse-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Franklin-LA.html
Front 1917-1918 1941-1945IN MEMORIAMHonoringThe men and womenOf St. Mary ParishWho served our Country inWorld Wars One and TwoAnd dedicated to the everlasting memoryOf those who made the Supreme Sacrifice.
Rear1950-1955 1964-1973Honoring the men …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21JP_st-mary-parish-confederate-soldiers-monument-a-war-memorial_Franklin-LA.html
Front LEST WE FORGETTo the CONFEDERATE SOLDIERSSt. Mary Parish,Who fought for the honorof their State and Country,This monument is erected.
"Mostly they stood the test, Highly they earned their rest."RearErected December 1913By the citizens of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21DT_the-battle-of-irish-bend_Franklin-LA.html
Part of the Union advance through La. was known as the Teche Campaign. Union troops of the 4th Division XIX Army Corps tried to halt supplies for Confederate troops coming from Texas. On this site on April 14, 1863 Confederate Major Gen. Richard T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MHM_jefferson-davis-louisiana-association_Franklin-LA.html
Jefferson F. Davis was born in Kentucky June 3, 1801. In 1810 his family moved to St. Mary Parish settling on Bayou Teche. He graduated West Point, was a hero of The Mexican War, a US Representative, Senator, Secretary of War, and Regent of the Sm…