On Belle Chasse Highway (State Highway 23) at Avenue B, on the right when traveling south on Belle Chasse Highway.
Site once part of Bellechasse plantation. Established by Col. Jean de Goutin Bellechasse, commander of colonial troops at the Louisiana Purchase transfer in 1803 and prominent early state official. Purchased in 1844 by Judah P. Benjamin, noted . . . — — Map (db m84137) HM
On Main Street (Louisiana Route 996) 0.3 miles north of F. Edward Hebert Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Designed by De Verges and garrisoned in 1754, but abandoned in 1792, because of strategic value it was rebuilt by Latour in 1808 and garrisoned to defend New Orleans; Destroyed by Adm. Farragut during the Civil War in advance up the river. — — Map (db m205785) HM
On Belle Chasse Highway (State Highway 23) west of Mildred Street, in the median.
Plaquemines Parish was founded on March 31, 1807 stretching from English Turn south 100 miles along both banks of the Mississippi River. The name originates from piakamin, the Mobile Indian word for persimmon. Fort St. Philip at Plaquemines Bend was . . . — — Map (db m62355) HM
On English Turn Road (Parish Route 3137) 1 mile west of Parish Route 39, on the right when traveling west.
So named because in this bend, Sept. 1699, Bienville, coming down stream, met the British who had come up river to choose site for a settlement. Bienville convinced Captain Lewis Banks that the territory was in possession of the French. Early . . . — — Map (db m42679) HM
On State Highway 39, on the right when traveling north.
This property was first recorded on a 1723 French
colonial map of Louisiana. Louis Brognier de Clouet,
a prominent Frenchman and critical figure in the
development of New Orleans acquired this land
from a Spanish land grant in 1774. The . . . — — Map (db m205279) HM
On St. Bernard Park Way (State Highway 39) 0.3 miles west of Bayou Road, on the left when traveling west.
Plaquemines Parish was founded on March 31, 1807 stretching from English Turn south 100 miles along both banks of the Mississippi River. The name originates from piakamin, the Mobile Indian word for persimmon. Fort St. Philip at Plaquemines Bend was . . . — — Map (db m213940) HM
On State Highway 39, on the right when traveling north.
Woodlawn High School was built at this site in 1950
and is historically significant at the national level
for its association with the struggle to end racial
segregation in public schools during the 1960s.
Woodlawn was originally intended to . . . — — Map (db m205918) HM
On Herbert Harvey Drive, 0.5 miles east of Levee Road.
His Majesty Rex, King of the Carnival and Monarch of Merriment hereby honors the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the first celebration of Mardi Gras in Louisiana. — — Map (db m205282) HM
Near Herbert Harvey Drive, 0.5 miles south of State Highway 23, on the left when traveling south.
Across the Mississippi River from this marker is historic Bayou
Mardi Gras, oldest place-name of other than Indian origin in the
whole vast Mississippi River Valley *** On Tuesday 3 March 1699
Pierre le Moyne, Sieur D'Iberville, with his . . . — — Map (db m205848) HM
On Herbert Harvey Drive, 0.5 miles south of Levee Road, on the left when traveling south.
About 18 miles below Ft. Jackson at Head of Passes, the Mississippi River branches into Southwest Pass, South Pass and Pass A Lutre before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. As early as 1723 French colonists found navigation difficult and looked . . . — — Map (db m205283) HM
On Parish Road 11, on the right when traveling south.
Plaquemines Parish was founded on March 13, 1807 stretching from English Turn south 100 miles along both banks of the Mississippi River. The name originates from piakamin, the Mobile Indian word for persimmon. Fort St. Philip at Plaquemines Bend was . . . — — Map (db m42681) HM
On Louisiana Route 11 north of U.S. 23, on the left when traveling north.
The 1893 Hurricane hit south Louisiana on the
night of October 1 claiming over 2000 lives.
One of the survivors was 25 year old Paul
Harris who was working as an orange picker
on the Pizzati Orange Plantation near the
present site of Citrus . . . — — Map (db m205280) HM
On Louisiana Route 23 at Herbert Harvey Road, in the median on State Route 23.
Built 1822-32 to protect the lower river. Named for Andrew Jackson. 1862 - Fort withstood 10-day siege by Farragut and surrendered after city fell. In 1898 and 1917-18 used as training base. 1961 - Fort was declared a national monument. — — Map (db m35091) HM
On State Highway 15, 0.8 miles north of Adema Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Father Jean Martin, Missionary, on Feb. 25, 1854, recorded baptisms he performed in Pointe-à-la-Hache. For more than 10 years afterwards St. Thomas Church continued to share the services of Priests with St. Bernard Church, Terre-Aux-Boeufs. Among . . . — — Map (db m205259) HM
On Highway 23 near Freeport Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Hub of the Louisiana sulphur industry. Built in 1932-33 by Freeport Sulphur Company to logistically support Grand Ecaille mine, world's second largest Frasch sulphur mine. It was located in Lake Washington, 10 miles SW. — — Map (db m205281) HM
On Scarsdale Road, 1.3 miles east of River Road (State Highway 39), on the right when traveling east.
The Tchefuncte tribe found
this shell mound about 400 B.C.
In 1720 the Chouachas then
living on this mound were massacred
by slaves on the order of Governor
Perrier for looting of warehouses
and crops.
Authority of F.S. Martin, . . . — — Map (db m177531) HM
On Pointe a la Hache Ferry Access Road West, 0.1 miles east of State Route 23, on the left when traveling east.
Plaquemines Parish was founded on March 31, 1807 stretching from English Turn south 100 miles along both banks of the Mississippi River. The name originates from plakamin, the Mobile Indian word for persimmon. Fort St. Philip at Plaquemines Bend . . . — — Map (db m205260) HM
