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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MJA_charles-morgan_Morgan-City-LA.html
Established steamship line in Gulf of Mexico in 1837; Began use of settlement on Berwick Bay as transshipping point for rail-steamer service from New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad in 1869: Dredged Atchafalaya Bay ship channel in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MJ9_sacred-heart-of-jesus-church_Morgan-City-LA.html
In 1859, Father J.J. Claris offered the first mass in Brashear, as Morgan City was called up to the centennial year of the nation. The patron saint originally was St. Justin The Martyr, later St. Clotilda, Queen of France. During the tenure of the…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MH7_sorrel_Jeanerette-LA.html
(English) Site of one of the early ranches along Old Cattle Route from Mexico to Vacherie on the Miss. Joseph Sorrel, in cattle business from 1750s had land claims of over three thousand acres. (French) Emplacement d'une des premieres fermes …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MGQ_belle-isle-salt-mine-memorial_Franklin-LA.html
Side A On March 5, 1968 fire broke out in the Belle Isle Salt Mine in St. Mary Parish. Twenty-one men were trapped 1200 feet underground with their only escape engulfed in flames. Coal miners from Kentucky flew in to help with the attempted rescu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MC8_southwest-reef-lighthouse_Berwick-LA.html
Established on September 1, 1859, this lighthouse stood near the entrance to the Atchafalaya Bay on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana. Its design, one of only two built in the Uniyed States of this type, is a square pyramid, fully enclosed in boiler pla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M1D_dr-walter-brashear_Morgan-City-LA.html
Famed as surgeon in KY. 1806. Settled Attakapas, LA. 1809. Became large landowner, sugar planter in St. Mary, serving many years in LA. Legislature. Town of Brashear, now Morgan City, incorporated 1860.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M1C_twin-city-gospel-temple_Berwick-LA.html
Originally the Methodist Episcopal Church. Built in 1886 by sugar cane plantation owenr Capt. John N. Pharr and wife Henrietta. They donated the church building and land to the Methodists in 1899.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LZD_attakapa-militia_Morgan-City-LA.html
The Militia of the Attakapa Region of South Central Louisiana served under Spain's Governor of the colony, Bernardo De Galvez in his campaigns against the British during the War for American Independence.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LMD_williams-memorial-airport_Patterson-LA.html
Here from 1929 until 1936 Harry P. Williams & James R. Wedell, as Wedell-Williams Air Service, designed and built some of the fastest land-based airplanes of their time. "Jimmie" Wedell set many flying records, winning the Bendix & Thompson Trophies.
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