Marksville in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Poste Des Avoyelles
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 2, 2016
1. Poste Des Avoyelles Marker
Inscription.
Poste Des Avoyelles. . A Spanish military post was established c.1780 in Marksville by Carlos de Grandprι, Civil Lieutenant Governor of the Red and Ouachita River Settlements to protect the Avoyel Indians from the encroachment of white settlers on Indian lands and to provide civil and military jurisdiction to the local settlers. Presumably at first near the Prehistoric Indian Park site at Old River, the post was later moved to this area. Post commanders were Jacques Gainard, Noel Soileau, Domingo de Apereto and Estevan de la Morandier, brothers-in-law of Soileau. Spanish authorities remained at the Avoyelles Post until 1805 when American authorities assumed control following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
A Spanish military post was established c.1780 in Marksville by Carlos de Grandprι, Civil Lieutenant Governor of the Red and Ouachita River Settlements to protect the Avoyel Indians from the encroachment of white settlers on Indian lands and to provide civil and military jurisdiction to the local settlers. Presumably at first near the Prehistoric Indian Park site at Old River, the post was later moved to this area. Post commanders were Jacques Gainard, Noel Soileau, Domingo de Apereto and Estevan de la Morandier, brothers-in-law of Soileau. Spanish authorities remained at the Avoyelles Post until 1805 when American authorities assumed control following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
Location. 31° 8.494′ N, 92° 3.854′ W. Marker is in Marksville, Louisiana, in Avoyelles Parish. It is at the intersection of North Main Street (State Highway 107/115) and State Highway 1192, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marksville LA 71351, 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.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 2, 2016
2. Poste Des Avoyelles Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2016. This page has been viewed 1,242 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 16, 2016. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
