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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22RW_open-sugar-kettles_Brusly-LA.html
Open sugar kettles, originally used to produce granulated sugar, were phased out beginning about 1830. This kettle purchased from Cinclare Plantation in the 1960s by Vernon and Joyce Peavy Caffarel, was last used to water livestock.Donated by Vern…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22RS_herbert-osborn-dickerson_Brusly-LA.html
Herbert O. Dickerson, son of Osborne and Mary Dickerson, was born at their home on Paul Lane near Brusly, Louisiana, and raised in that area throughout his life except for his time of military service. After being drafted into the service during W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QFW_poplar-grove-plantation_Port-Allen-LA.html
(side A) The principal residence at Poplar Grove was built as the Banker's Pavilion at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition 1884-85 in New Orleans. The Victorian structure designed by architect Thomas Sully incorporated orienta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QCH_original-brusly-high-school_Brusly-LA.html
First West Baton Rouge Parish public high school. Built in 1911 for grades 1-11 to serve students in area from Beaulieu to Chenango Plantations. WPA program completed the gym & adjacent building in 1938. Original school constructed under the admin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QCG_sunrise_Port-Allen-LA.html
(Side A) In 1874 Alexander Banes, a former slave, purchased property which he sold to Sunrise Realty Co. in 1905. About 1906 the Missouri-Pacific Railroad began using a train-ferry to cross the Mississippi River, causing a great spurt in the popu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OAB_west-baton-rouge-parish-bicentennial_Port-Allen-LA.html
Side A On March 14, 1699, Iberville and Bienville arrived in the "Bayagoula nation," where the Bayougoula Indians inhabited the country west of the Mississippi River near Bayou Manchac. The parish's original 600 square miles were border…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OAA_louisiana-purchase-west-baton-rouge-early-history_Port-Allen-LA.html
(panel 1) Life in Early Nineteenth Century West Baton Rouge... In 1803, very few Americans lived in West Baton Rouge Parish. It was populated by various Native American tribes; Creoles, who descended from original French and Spanish settlers; …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O1Q_allendale-plantation_Port-Allen-LA.html
Home of second Louisiana Confederate governor Henry Watkins Allen. Purchased from Colonel William Nolan in 1852 for $300,000, which included 125 slaves. House burned by Federal troops during the War.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O1P_port-allen-prisoner-of-war-sub-camp-no-7_Port-Allen-LA.html
(side A) This fountain is the only remaining structure of the World War II prisoner-of-war Sub-Camp No. 7. Sub-Camp No. 7 was a satellite camp of the larger Camp Plauche located downriver in Harahan. In operation from 1943-1946, it housed 500 to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NUB_calumet-plantation_Port-Allen-LA.html
Home of Douglas C. Montan (1834-96), who named this plantation "Calumet" after Indian name for peace-pipe. Montan represented Iberville and West Baton Rouge Parishes in the La. State Senate. Montan wrote (1856) a popular book entitled &q…
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