Brusly in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

The Back Brusly Oak

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 31, 2015

1. The Back Brusly Oak Marker

Inscription. Member Louisiana Live Oak Society. Estimated to be over 330 years old in the Bicentennial Year of 1976. Community gathering place for many years.

(plaque) Back Brusly Oak preservation project
2004
made possible by a cooperative endeavor
between the Town of Brusly and
the Caillouet Family
Funded by grants from the Dow Chemical Company and
Louisiana Urban and Community Forestry Program.

In memory of Gerald Caillouet
January 1, 2005

Erected 1976 by Brusly Lions Club.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & Forestry • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Historic Trees series list. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1878.

Location. 30° 23.665′ N, 91° 15.239′ W. Marker is in Brusly, Louisiana, in West Baton Rouge Parish. It is at the intersection of North LaBauve Avenue and West Main Street, on the left when traveling north on North LaBauve Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Brusly LA 70719, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in one of the River Parishes,

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in Acadiana — Cajun Country,

and in Greater Baton Rouge.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Charles P. Adams (approx. 0.8 miles away); Open Sugar Kettles (approx. 0.8 miles away); Brusly, Louisiana (approx. 0.8 miles away); Herbert Osborn Dickerson (approx. 0.8 miles away); New Brusly Town Hall Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Historic Lukeville School (approx. 0.9 miles away); Historic Cinclare Plantation (approx. 1.1 miles away); Antioch Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brusly.

Also see . . . Louisiana Live Oak Society. Louisiana Garden Club Federation

The Back Brusly Oak and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 31, 2015

2. The Back Brusly Oak and Marker

(Submitted on August 3, 2015.)

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