Represents a distinct style of French Colonial
domestic architecture once common
throughout Louisiana but now rare. Built on
a Spanish land-grant to Andre Massé. Probably
in the period 1764-1776, it is the oldest extant
structure in St. Mary . . . — — Map (db m284208) HM
Baldwin lies at the end of the first oxbow in the Bayou Teche below Charenton. Downstream paddlers should steer right at the fork to
avoid the narrow, marshy channel of the bayou's original course. The detour heads south into the Charenton Canal . . . — — Map (db m287477) HM
Established on September 1, 1859, this lighthouse stood near the entrance to the Atchafalaya Bay on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana. Its design, one of only two built in the United States of this type, is a square pyramid, fully enclosed in boiler . . . — — Map (db m86405) HM
Originally the Methodist Episcopal Church. Built in 1886 by sugar cane plantation owenr Capt. John N. Pharr and wife Henrietta. They donated the church building and land to the Methodists in 1899. — — Map (db m85752) HM
Bayou Teche officially ends in Patterson, but its flow continues down into the Lower Atchafalaya to Berwick. Historical maps show
the bayou flowing into Berwick Bay, but a 2014 proclamation by the city of Patterson declares that the waterway . . . — — Map (db m288074) HM
While deltas east of here are adding land, East Cote Blanche has been retreating due to erosion, subsidence and land loss-issues that are affecting mot of coastal Louisiana.East Cote Blanche Bay is part of a remnant delta complex that was once . . . — — Map (db m117217) HM
Centerville or "Centreville" as it was orginally named is located east of Franklin. According to the book, Plantation Homes of the Teche
Country, Centerville was "once the center, the shipping point for this sugar-rich section of the Techè . . . — — Map (db m287594) HM
According to Chitimacha legend, the imprint of a giant dying snake was left in the soil, and later became the twisty Bayou Teche as it filled in with water.No one knows exactly how the 125-mile Bayou Teche got its name, but according to one . . . — — Map (db m115150) HM
Did you know that when you travel the sweeping curve of Bayou Teche into Charenton you're entering another nation? The
Chitimacha Tribe's land once encompassed the entire Atchafalaya Basin and now consists of the Chitimacha Reservation . . . — — Map (db m287078) HM
Between Grand Isle and Cameron, Cypremort Point is the only locality near the Gulf of Mexico that can be reached by car.Cypremort is derived from the French words cyprés (cypress) and mort (dead). This point of land at . . . — — Map (db m117214) HM
Also called by the Confederates the battle of Nerson's Woods or Franklin. In the Teche campaign the Federals followed the retreating Confederates from Bisland. Units of the Federal army under Gen. C.C. Grover landed from transports on Grand Lake and . . . — — Map (db m85070) HM
Overview Bayou Teche is the only National Wildlife Refuge established with the specific mission of protecting and managing a population of bears. Its 9,028 acres preserve habitat for the Louisiana black bear, a federally threatened subspecies of . . . — — Map (db m115142)
The diverse land along the Bayou Teche provides critical habitat for numerous native species, including the elusive Louisiana black bear. Bayou Teche is one of the most important bayous in south Louisiana. A former channel of the Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m115184) HM
At its peak, Franklin was the largest steamboat port on Bayou Teche, a major early transportation route that directly influenced early English settlers here.Throughout the 1800s, the 125-mile Bayou Teche was the main transportation route . . . — — Map (db m115262) HM
On March 5, 1968 fire broke out in the Belle Isle Salt Mine in St. Mary Parish. Twenty-one men were trapped 1200 feet underground with their only escape engulfed in flames. Coal miners from Kentucky flew in to help with the attempted rescue. It was . . . — — Map (db m86598) HM
Franklin native, Chief Justice Charles A. O’Niell, 1869-1951. On Louisiana Supreme Court bench, 1914-1949. Stamped as one of the state’s immortals for his contributions to law in the United States and the cause of justice and freedom. — — Map (db m85067) HM
Site of home of Donelson Caffery, courageous soldier of the Confederacy; distinguished lawyer and sugar planter of St. Mary Parish; able and uncompromising member of United States Senate (1892-1901); a most influential figure in the history of . . . — — Map (db m85081) HM
Named for Benjamin Franklin in 1800 by founder Alexander 'Guinea' Lewis, town became St. Mary Parish seat in 1811, was incorporated in 1830, served as Teche Country’s port of entry and trade center until coming of railroads in 1870's. — — Map (db m85079) HM
The original lampposts and neutral ground project began in 1915 under Mayor Charles Lauve. A 1916 ordinance prohibited chickens from walking on the boulevards, and "Do Not Hitch" appears on each lamppost. On February 22, 2005 a ceremony commemorated . . . — — Map (db m85069) HM
Located 1 mile west is the site of a W.W. II prisoner-of-war camp. Formerly a 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps camp, the low-security P.O.W. camp opened October 14, 1943. It held captured German soldiers of the Afrikacorps who worked in the area . . . — — Map (db m85072) HM
Governor of Louisiana, 1908-1912. Born Avoca Plantation near Morgan City. Law firm located near Franklin courthouse. Served in Louisiana Legislature and U.S. Congress from Franklin. — — Map (db m85066) HM
Jefferson F. Davis was born in Kentucky June 3, 1801. In 1810 his family moved to St. Mary Parish settling on Bayou Teche. He graduated West Point, was a hero of The Mexican War, a US Representative, Senator, Secretary of War, and Regent of the . . . — — Map (db m86626) HM
Home of Murphy James Foster, prominent St. Mary Parish plantation owner and lawyer of the reconstruction period who served the people of Louisiana with honor and distinction as:
Louisiana State Senator (1880-1892)
Thirty-first Governor . . . — — Map (db m85080) HM
Front LEST WE FORGET To the CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS St. Mary Parish, Who fought for the honor of their State and Country, This monument is erected.
"Mostly they stood the test, Highly they earned their rest." Rear Erected December 1913 By . . . — — Map (db m108087) WM
Front 1917-1918 1941-1945 IN MEMORIAM Honoring The men and women Of St. Mary Parish Who served our Country in World Wars One and Two And dedicated to the everlasting memory Of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice.
Rear 1950-1955 1964-1973 . . . — — Map (db m108082) WM
Services since 1830. Firmly organized in 1846 under leadership of Rev. Saml. Geo. Litton. Admitted into union with Diocese of LA. 1847. Rectory built 1855, the first rectory in the Diocese. Original church consecrated 1856 by Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, . . . — — Map (db m86602) HM
Part of the Union advance through La. was known as the Teche Campaign. Union troops of the 4th Division XIX Army Corps tried to halt supplies for Confederate troops coming from Texas. On this site on April 14, 1863 Confederate Major Gen. Richard . . . — — Map (db m107909) HM WM
Embedded in the banks of Bayou Teche to the east of this site and visible from here are the boilers of the gunboat Diana. Originally a Federal vessel operating on the lower Teche, it was captured by the Confederates. During the Bisland campaign, . . . — — Map (db m85071) HM
Incorporated in 1820, Franklin, with its plantation-lined Main Street, serves as the St. Mary Parish seat of government and was once a
major sugar port. After the Louisiana Purchase, Englishmen who settled in Franklin took up sugarcane planting . . . — — Map (db m287485) HM
The wood of cypress was a very valuable commodity for early settlers
in this region. Old-growth cypress wood was easily worked, very
valuable, and resistant to rot. Cypress wood was widely used in
building homes and other structures throughout . . . — — Map (db m133738) HM
Cypress-tupelo swamps along the Louisiana coast are subjected to a number of
environmental stressors, ranging from hurricane impact to saltwater intrusion.
Some of these impacts are created by the pressures of development, while
others are . . . — — Map (db m133985) HM
Because the lower Atchafalaya River is near the Gulf, this area is a popular shipping departure point. But challenges such as combating sedimentation and the close proximity of the three bridges sometimes cause difficulties for river traffic. . . . — — Map (db m111892) HM
The first Atchafalaya levee or wall constructed in 1946 was 13 feet tall on both sides of the river. Subsequent floods resulted in its redesign and expansion to the current 21-foot-wall, built after the flood on 1973. The Atchafalaya River, the . . . — — Map (db m111896) HM
The Militia of the Attakapa Region of South Central Louisiana served under Spain’s Governor of the colony, Bernardo de Galvez in his campaigns against the British during the War for American Independence. — — Map (db m85733) HM
Established steamship line in Gulf of Mexico in 1837; Began use of settlement on Berwick Bay as transshipping point for rail-steamer service from New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad in 1869: Dredged Atchafalaya Bay ship channel in . . . — — Map (db m86701) HM
In November, 1862, town was seized by Federal forces: served as major base for Union Army and Navy operations in Teche Campaigns, staging area for advances against salt works on Avery Island and temporary Confederate state capitol of Opelousas and . . . — — Map (db m98424) HM
Famed as surgeon in KY. 1806. Settled Attakapas, LA. 1809. Became large landowner, sugar planter in St. Mary, serving many years in LA. Legislature. Town of Brashear, now Morgan City, incorporated 1860. — — Map (db m85751) HM
First producing offshore oil
well out of sight of land
was completed Nov. 14, 1947
in the Gulf of Mexico
forty-three miles South of
Morgan City, Louisiana
25th Offshore Anniversary, Inc.
Chamber of Commerce
Morgan City, . . . — — Map (db m85679) HM
Also known as Fort Brashear. Near this site, now occupied by Atkinson Memorial Presbyterian Church, was the larger of two works erected to defend Morgan City, then Brashear City and a Federal military depot. On the night of June 22, 1863, 325 . . . — — Map (db m86702) HM
Lake Palourde covers 11,520 acres and is one of a number of large lakes that once existed within the historic Atchafalaya River Basin's 3-million-acre landscape. Lake Palourde is just east of Morgan City. The word palourde is French for . . . — — Map (db m111812) HM
Morgan City began on the site of the Tiger Island Sugar Plantation owned by Dr. Walter Brashear, a prominent surgeon from Kentucky. It was incorporated in 1860 as Brashear City, then renamed Morgan City in February 1876, in honor of Charles . . . — — Map (db m155669) HM
The floodwalls protecting Morgan City were built under the authority of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with the assistance of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District and Morgan City officials. This . . . — — Map (db m111807) HM
Erected in 1865, after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Freed slaves used the land given by Mr. Olympus Young. Mr. Lawrence, former slave owner, gave the worship bell. Its history is rich with over thirteen ministers sharing . . . — — Map (db m98405) HM
In 1859, Father J.J. Claris offered the first mass in Brashear, as Morgan City was called up to the centennial year of the nation. The patron saint originally was St. Justin The Martyr, later St. Clotilda, Queen of France. During the tenure of the . . . — — Map (db m86703) HM
Panel 1 Jared Young Sanders III Born January 29, 1944 on Avoca Plantation Died March 23, 1944 in Baton Rouge. Progress Panel 2 Governor 1908-1912 Congressman 6th District 1917-1921 Good Roads Panel 3 "A Son of Old St. . . . — — Map (db m111897) HM
April 12-13, 1863. General Nathaniel P. Bank’s Union army attacked Gen. Dick Taylor’s Confederate forces entrenched at Fort Bisland. Confederates repulsed each attack, but post evacuated when Union flanking force landed at Irish Bend. — — Map (db m85082) HM
This plane’s last flight was into Memphis, TN. It was towed by truck through Memphis to a rock quarry on the Mississippi River. There, it was loaded onto a rock barge and brought to Morgan City. Once there, it was crane lifted off of the barge and . . . — — Map (db m93563) HM
Like redwoods, cypress trees can live a long time and grow to fantastic sizes. Prior to largescale logging, south Louisiana and the Atchafalaya Basin were full of large stands of giant cypress. Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees and swamps . . . — — Map (db m111970) HM
What happens when a group of Dutchmen from Pennsylvania find themselves in Bayou Teche en route from New Orleans? They take
up residence. Original names for Patterson were Dutch Settlement, Dutch Town and Dutch Prairie after German settlers who . . . — — Map (db m287609) HM
Here from 1929 until 1936 Harry P. Williams & James R. Wedell, as Wedell-Williams Air Service, designed and built some of the fastest land-based airplanes of their time. "Jimmie" Wedell set many flying records, winning the Bendix & Thompson Trophies. — — Map (db m85065) HM
(English)
Site of one of the early ranches along the Old Cattle Route from Mexico to Vacherie on the Miss. Joseph Sorrel, in cattle business from 1750's had land claims of over three thousand acres.
(French) . . . — — Map (db m86641) HM
