Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Oliver Pollock

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, November 26, 2010

1. Oliver Pollock Marker

Inscription. Commemorating Oliver Pollock, American Patriot and his nine fellow Americans in the Marcha de Galvez

Oliver Pollock

Representative of the Continential Congress in Spanish Louisiana
Agent of the Colony of Virginia and financier of that Colony's expeditions under Colonel George Rogers Clark to Kaskia and Vincennes
Provider of arms and supplies to the army of George Washington
Negotiator with Spanish Governors Unzaga and Galvez for the American cause
Credited with origination of the American dollar sign, $

The Sculpture of Oliver Pollock is by Frank Hayden

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 30° 26.799′ N, 91° 11.294′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is on North Blvd. near St. Phillip St., on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baton Rouge LA 70802, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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,

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 walking distance of this marker: Louisiana's Old State Capitol (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Early Gunsmith Shop (within shouting distance of this marker); Marcha de Galvez (within shouting distance of this

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marker); Capture of Baton Rouge by Galvez, 1779 (within shouting distance of this marker); Merci Train (within shouting distance of this marker); Old State Capitol (within shouting distance of this marker); North Boulevard at St. Louis (within shouting distance of this marker); Frank Hayden (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.

Also see . . . Oliver Pollock - Wikipedia. (Submitted on August 2, 2015, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)

Oliver Pollock Sculpture image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, November 26, 2010

2. Oliver Pollock Sculpture

Oliver Pollock Sculpture and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, November 26, 2010

3. Oliver Pollock Sculpture and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 1, 2015. This page has been viewed 2,504 times since then and 84 times this year. Last updated on October 10, 2020, by Kenneth Ramagost of Louisiana, USA. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 1, 2015. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.