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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29ZI_oaks-plantation_Port-Allen-LA.html
At the time of the Louisiana Purchase this tract of land
belonged to a Madame Patin. In 1838 her heirs sold the
tract to Jesse Patrick. Patrick purchased the neighboring
southern property from Aurore Allain. At the time of
Patrick''s ownership…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29ZA_stone-square-lodge-no-8_Port-Allen-LA.html
On August 21, 1879 the Prince Hall Grand
Lodge of Louisiana issued a charter to
Worshipful Master Sterling Barrow, Senior
Warden Alexander Gilbert and Junior Warden
Alex Bains to organize Stone Square Lodge
No. 8. It is one of the oldest Prin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM242C_port-allen-high-school-1936-1978-port-allen-middle-school-1979-present_Port-Allen-LA.html
High school opportunities in the parish date to at least 1897, when Eureka Central School in Brusly offered classes to white students in the ninth, tenth, and later eleventh grades. In 1899, the West Baton Rouge School Board made plans for three h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2412_mississippi-river_Port-Allen-LA.html
At one time, all east-west traffic now traveling U.S. Route 190 crossed the Mississippi River via ferry to this site. The ferry was first used by horses and wagons, later by cars and trucks, and always by pedestrians.The Mississippi River is one o…
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/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 …