Cloutierville in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Farming Transitions
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 2, 2023
1. Farming Transitions Marker
From antiquity, farming was done by people with basic tools. Mules and other animals provided more power. From the 1700s to the mid-1900s, the use of workers, enslaved then sharecropper, allowed the growing of labor-intensive crops.
The end of the plantation era was caused, not by the Civil War, but by the transition from working by hand or with animals to using machinery. The mechanization of agriculture in the 20th century changed how crops were planted and harvested.
Mechanical cotton pickers replaced large numbers of farmworkers. Between 1910 and 1970, six million African Americans moved out of the rural South in the Great Migration partly because of the loss of farm jobs.
Erected by National Park Service.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Agriculture.
Location. 31° 33.028′ N, 92° 56.49′ W. Marker is in Cloutierville, Louisiana, in Natchitoches Parish. It is on Louisiana Route 119 one mile north of Route 1. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1111 LA-119, Cloutierville LA 71416, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central 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 New Spain, the Viceroyalty of New France, 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: Changing Residents (within shouting distance of this marker); Magnolia Plantation Site Map (within shouting
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Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 2, 2023
2. Farming Transitions Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2023, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 198 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 4, 2023, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
