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

Cash Point-Gold Point-Buckhall Plantations

1839

— Historic Site —

Cash Point-Gold Point-Buckhall Plantations Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 13, 2021

1. Cash Point-Gold Point-Buckhall Plantations Marker

Inscription. Three historic plantations, Cash Point, Gold Point, and Buckhall Plantations, date back to 1839, when they were purchased by James Belton Pickett, Paulina de Graffenried, and James Blair Gilmer. The Buckhall portion on the north and east side was owned by Whitfield Vance. The plantations are now owned by the Pittman and Volentine families, and the Crow-McColgan interests.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1839.

Location. 32° 37.865′ N, 93° 46.871′ W. Marker is near Sentell, Louisiana, in Caddo Parish. It is on Dixie Shreveport Road (Louisiana Route 3049) one mile north of Cash Point Plantation Road, on the right 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.

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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 (a few steps from this marker); Pickett Place Plantation (approx. ¾ mile away); Cash Point Plantation (approx. one mile away); Dixie Gin (approx. 1½ miles away); Cash Point School (approx. 1.8 miles away); Mounds Plantation (approx. 3.1 miles away); Confederate Monument (approx. 4 miles away); Hughes House (approx. 5 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sentell.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 13, 2021

2. Cash Point-Gold Point-Buckhall Plantations Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 1,890 times since then and 90 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 27, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.