Bayou Goula in Iberville Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Bayou Goula

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 31, 2015

1. Bayou Goula Marker

Inscription.
Mugulasha Indian village captured by Bayogoulas. In 1699 Bienville here found Tonti's letter of 1686 to La Salle. Father Paul Du Ru built first chapel in Louisiana near village in 1700.

Erected 1962 by Department of Commerce and Industry.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Exploration • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1699.

Location. 30° 12.312′ N, 91° 11.067′ W. Marker is in Bayou Goula, Louisiana, in Iberville Parish. It is at the intersection of State Highway 1 and Augusta Road (Route 69), on the right when traveling north on State Highway 1. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: White Castle LA 70788, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s River Parishes,

in Acadiana — Cajun Country,

and in Greater Baton Rouge.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

on the Gulf Coast,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western

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Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Iberville African-American Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); White Alder Memorial Light (approx. one mile away); A Civil War Soldier (approx. 2.2 miles away); St. John Baptist Church (approx. 2.4 miles away); Mayor S. J. "Blue" Guercio, III (approx. 3.4 miles away); Staff Housing, U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Carville (approx. 3½ miles away); Triumph At Carville: A Tale of Leprosy in America (approx. 3½ miles away); The Daughters of Charity (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bayou Goula.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. To better understand the relationship, study each marker in the order shown.

Also see . . .
1. The Bayou Goula site, Iberville Parish, Louisiana.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 31, 2015

2. Bayou Goula Marker

by George Irving Quimby, Publication date 1957, Contributor University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Submitted on January 22, 2018, by Kenneth Ramagost of Louisiana, USA.)

2. History of Bayou Goula. Bayougoula Location West side of the Mississippi at Bayougoula in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. (Submitted on January 22, 2018, by Kenneth Ramagost of Louisiana, USA.)

3. Bayougoula Indian Language (Bayou Goula). (Submitted on January 22, 2018, by Kenneth Ramagost of Louisiana, USA.)
4. David Rumsey Map Collection, Louisiana and Mississippi. Map showing possible cattle rout to the Mississippi River during the Revolution War. David Rumsey Map Collection 1825. Bayou Goula was Baily was Cow Pen. (Submitted on August 4, 2018, by Kenneth Ramagost of Louisiana, USA.)

5. Bayogoula Tribe. Bayou Goula Indians, temples with many cabins and everlasting fires, animals, victory and disease. (Submitted on July 4, 2019, by Kenneth Ramagost of Louisiana, USA.)