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Evergreen in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
 

Evergreen

 
 
Evergreen Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 2, 2016
1. Evergreen Marker
Inscription. Site of Evergreen Home Institute (1856); Henry Clay Kemper, 1st headmaster. Later became Evergreen College; then Evergreen High School in 1904. These schools had a note-worthy influence on education in Avoyelles and Louisiana.
 
Erected 1985 by Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: EducationSettlements & Settlers.
 
Location. 30° 57.334′ N, 92° 6.545′ W. Marker is in Evergreen, Louisiana, in Avoyelles Parish. It is at the intersection of Main Street (State Highway 29) and College Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Evergreen LA 71333, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Louisiana and in Acadiana — Cajun Country. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. 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, Acadia, 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: Theophile Lemoine Home (approx. 3.8 miles away); Cottonport Drugstore Building (approx. 3.8 miles away); Egg Pocking / Pβquer Les Œufs (approx. 3.8 miles away); Bunkie Wood Products (approx. 4.1 miles away); The Historic Oaks of Cottonport (approx. 4.2 miles away); Bunkie Coca-Cola Company (approx. 4.3 miles away); How Bunkie Got Its Name (approx. 4.4 miles away); Griffins Antiques (approx. 4.4 miles away).
 
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Evergreen Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 2, 2016
2. Evergreen Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 4, 2016. This page has been viewed 881 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 4, 2016. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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