Near Oakland in Bossier Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Oakland Plantation

Historic Site

— Bossier —

Oakland Plantation Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, February 27, 2021

1. Oakland Plantation Marker

Inscription. This house was built in stages between 1832 and 1848, and by 1850 was owned by Doctor Abel Skannal. From this house the family controlled five plantations totaling over 8000 acres. Rumors about ghosts are sustained by the fact that Doc Skannal kept a coffin in the attic of the house. The family cemetery is located nearly in the woods.

Erected by Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 32° 28.091′ N, 93° 30.802′ W. Marker is near Oakland, Louisiana, in Bossier Parish. It is on Louisiana Route 612 west of Rogers Lane ( Route 157), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Haughton LA 71037, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically,

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it finds itself in what was once 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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Henry McDade House (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Arrest of Isaac Williams and his Men (approx. 3½ miles away); Paul Lawrence Home (approx. 4.2 miles away); Fillmore Cemetery (approx. 6.1 miles away); Lake Bistineau (approx. 7.4 miles away); Ashpoint Plantation (approx. 7½ miles away); General Joseph J. Nazzaro (approx. 10.2 miles away); SR-71 Memorial Dedication (approx. 10.3 miles away).

Regarding Oakland Plantation. The House is located up a private drive and could not see it from the road. There is a picture of it on waymarking.com were someone got a picture of the front of the house.

Also see . . . Oakland Plantation. (Submitted on March 24, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 25, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 1,746 times since then and 126 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on March 25, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.

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