Near Saline in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Birth Site of Caroline Dormon
Photographed by Wesley Harris, November 5, 2022
1. Birth Site of Caroline Dormon Marker
Caroline Coroneos Dormon was born July 19, 1888, at Briarwood, her family's summer home and died November 23, 1971, in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dormon was a descendant of Gaspar Joseph Trotti, a South Carolina patriot in the American Revolutionary War.
Caroline Dormon was an American teacher, author, artist, botanist, conservationist, preservationist, ethnologist, naturalist, horticulturalist, historian, and archaeologist. Dormon was widely honored for her accomplishments. She is credited with the founding of Kisatchie National Forest, and she named it after its first inhabitants.
Caroline Dormon lived her life at Briarwood, and her legacy continues there, for she willed her life-long home and land for future generations to enjoy.
The education pavilion marking her birth site was erected by the Louisiana Society Daughters of the American Revolution State Regent's Project Zora McGuffie Olsson Administration 2016-2019
Erected 2019 by Louisiana Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).
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Location. 32° 7.896′ N, 92° 59.653′ W. Marker is near Saline, Louisiana, in Natchitoches Parish. It can be reached from Caroline Dormon Road near State Route 9. Marker and bust of Dormon are on a trail in a wooded area inside the Briarwood Nature Preserve. A short walk from the nature center is required to reach it. A small entrance fee into the preserve may be required. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 216 Caroline Dormon Road, Saline LA 71070, 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
Photographed by Wesley Harris, November 5, 2022
2. Bust of Caroline Dormon
Other nearby markers. At least 2 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Caroline Dormon (approx. one mile away); Marie Theresa de la Grande Terre (approx. 13.3 miles away).
Photographed by Wesley Harris, November 5, 2022
3. Giant pines near Dormon marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2023, by Wesley Harris of Ruston, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 296 times since then and 30 times this year. Last updated on February 26, 2024, by Carolyn Sanders of Plano, Texas. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 14, 2023, by Wesley Harris of Ruston, Louisiana. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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