Near Sentell in Caddo Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Pickett Place Plantation

Historic Site

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 13, 2021

1. Pickett Place Plantation Marker

Inscription. One of the many properties acquired by James Belton Pickett in the period following the succession of the Caddo Indian lands to the United States, c. 1837. Pickett, of South Carolina, came to this area c. 1836. He became one of the founders of Shreveport, and owner of thirteen plantations. In 1922 Lilla Cavett and Walter Lee Sibley acquired Pickett Place which remained in the Sibley Family for 83 years. In 2005 William Gordon Boogaerts accquired Pickett Place from the Sibley Family.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1836.

Location. 32° 38.393′ N, 93° 47.309′ W. Marker is near Sentell, Louisiana, in Caddo Parish. It is on Dixie Shreveport Road (Louisiana Route 3049) one mile south of Sentell Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Shreveport LA 71107, 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, 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pittman Plantation Home (approx. ¾ mile away); Cash Point-Gold Point-Buckhall Plantations (approx. ¾ mile away); Dixie Gin (approx. 0.8 miles away); Cash Point Plantation (approx. 1.8 miles away); Mounds Plantation (approx. 2.4 miles away); Cash Point School

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(approx. 2½ miles away); Confederate Monument (approx. 3.8 miles away); Dickson Plantation Home (approx. 4.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sentell.

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Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 13, 2021

2. Pickett Place Plantation

Credits. This page was last revised on June 26, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 4,145 times since then and 213 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 25, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.