Haynesville in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Potlikker

— Hungry for History —

Photographed by Wesley Harris

1. Potlikker Marker

Inscription. AKA pot liquor. Broth made from boiling greens and pork fat. Fed South's hungry by early 1850s. In 1935, Senator Huey Long praised its value.

Erected 2022 by Claiborne Parish Library and William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 9.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Agriculture • Anthropology & Archaeology. In addition, it is included in the Hungry for History, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1935.

Location. 32° 57.662′ N, 93° 8.315′ W. Marker is in Haynesville, Louisiana, in Claiborne Parish. It is on U.S. 79 north of Dawson Street, on the right when traveling north. The marker stands along the parking lot for Haynesville branch of the Claiborne Parish Library. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10015 Rte 79, Haynesville LA 71038, 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 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Haynesville Hospital (approx. 0.3 miles away); Carter G. Woodson High School (approx. 0.6 miles away); Lebanon Church (approx. 8.7 miles away); Claiborne Parish War Memorial (approx. 12.7 miles away); Claiborne Parish Court House

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(approx. 12.7 miles away); Parish Courthouse (approx. 12.7 miles away); Hotel Claiborne (approx. 12.7 miles away); Sheriff Pat Garrett (approx. 12.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Haynesville.

More about this marker. Funded by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation's "Hungry for History" program to recognize food integral to American history.

Additional keywords. Great Depression; foods

Photographed by Wesley Harris, April 17, 2023

2. Potlikker Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2023, by Wesley Harris of Ruston, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 617 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 17, 2023, by Wesley Harris of Ruston, Louisiana. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.