Mansura in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Presentation Academy
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, November 24, 2017
1. Presentation Academy Marker
Site of first Catholic school in Avoyelles Parish - 1855. Founded by Daughters of the Cross of Treguier, France, under Mother Mary Hyacinth Le Conniat on request of Bishop Martin. Battle of Mansura, May 16, 1864, began on Convent grounds.
Erected 1972 by The Louisiana Tourist Development Commission.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil.
Location. 31° 6.352′ N, 92° 3.78′ W. Marker is in Mansura, Louisiana, in Avoyelles Parish. It is on Tunica Drive East (State Highway 1/107) south of Airport Drive, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6860 LA-1, Mansura LA 71350, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Louisiana and in Acadiana Cajun Country. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, Acadia, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tunica-Biloxi Indian Reservation (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Marksville Site (approx. 0.6 miles away); Marc Eliche (approx. 0.6 miles away); Avoyelles Parish Vietnam Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Decuir-Gaspard Home (approx. 1.1 miles away); Bordelon-Decuir-Robinson Home (approx. 1.2 miles away);
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Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, November 25, 2017
2. Presentation Academy Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2017, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 464 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 25, 2017.
