On U.S. 90 at Magnolia Ridge Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 90.
Union train with sixty men ambushed by Confederate force of Louisiana militia and volunteers on September 4, 1862. Train escaped to New Orleans. Fourteen Union soldiers killed and twenty-two wounded in the skirmish. — — Map (db m58214) HM
Le district des Allemands, settled by Germans about 1720, the scene of numerous skirmishes between Confederate guerillas and Union forces, 1862-63. Most famous skirmish resulted in capture of an entire detachment of Union soldiers on September 4, . . . — — Map (db m58213) HM
Near River Road (State Highway 48) west of Church Street, on the left when traveling south.
Fifty-three years before the Declaration of Independence, five years before New Orleans had a permanent church, immigrants to the German Coast built on the west bank a log chapel to acknowledge their dependence upon God and to express their thanks . . . — — Map (db m85817) HM
Near River Road (State Highway 48) 0.3 miles south of Ormond Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
Of the thousands that departed France, only 300 German immigrants trickled in to the French Colony of Louisiana in 1721, deluded by John Law's Company of the West propaganda describing Louisiana as "a land filled with gold, silver, copper and lead . . . — — Map (db m86095) HM
On River Road (State Highway 48) 0.1 miles west of Church Street, on the left when traveling south.
First constructed of logs about 1740. Burned and rebuilt, 1806. Famous riverboat landmark, twenty-five miles from New Orleans where boat captains traditionally paid off their crews. Again burned and rebuilt about 1921. — — Map (db m85770) HM
On River Road (State Highway 48) north of Avenue of the Oaks, on the right when traveling south.
The 48-foot Louisiana Lugger Style Wooden Tugboat is believed to be one of the last surviving of its kind. It was built in Bayou Gauche, Louisiana in 1953 by Joseph "Yep" Dufrene for Victor Matherne. In service: 1953-1980 Donated to St. Charles . . . — — Map (db m100387) HM
Constructed 1787-1790 for Robert de Logny, Inherited by Jean Noel d’Estrehan 1800. Bought from heirs of Pierre A. Rost in 1914 by Mexican Petroleum Co. Donated 1972 to River Road Historical Society by American Oil Co. — — Map (db m51607) HM
Destrehan Plantation is
located on the 1811 Slave
Revolt Trail approximately
midway between the start
at the 1811 Kid Ory Historic
House and the ending points
of the revolutionary march
near Kenner, Louisiana It
also served as the . . . — — Map (db m200721) HM
Near River Road (State Highway 48) north of West Campus Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Marker 1 On October 20, 1976, the worst ferry disaster in the history of the United States occurred on the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish. Seventy-seven lives were lost. The people of Louisiana will never forget you. . . . — — Map (db m109564) HM
On River Road (State Highway 48) south of South Destrehan Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
The Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement - 1984 Hale Boggs Bridge Awarded in a National Competition by the American Society of Civil Engineers. — — Map (db m109613) HM
Originally erected in 1830 at Glendale Plantation, Lucy, Louisiana. Donated by the Lanaux family, moved and reassembled at Destrehan Plantation in 1997.
Dedicated by the River Road Historical Society March 28, 1999. — — Map (db m51606) HM
On River Road (State Highway 18) at Plantation Road, on the right when traveling west on River Road.
Home of General Richard Taylor, son of Zachary Taylor, Louisiana statesman and member of the 1861 Secession Convention. Commanded Louisiana District, 1862-64; defeated Banks at Battle of Mansfield, 1864. Federals plundered home in 1862. — — Map (db m58215) HM
On River Road (State Highway 18) at Richards Lane, on the left when traveling west on River Road.
Named for O.J. Flagg in 1870; now a part of Hahnville. Letter left here by Tonti in 1686 with Quinipissa chief for LaSalle. Taensa Village, 1713. De Veuve, French Concession, 1718. Site included grant to Joseph Roi de Villere, 1765. — — Map (db m58216) HM
On River Road (State Highway 18), on the left when traveling west.
Built in 1790s, this French Colonial raised cottage is of West Indies bousillage construction. Owners included Labranche, Fortier, and Gaillaird. Keller family ownership since 1885. National Historic Landmark. — — Map (db m58211) HM
On River Road (State Highway 18) 0.9 miles north of State Highway 3141, on the right when traveling north.
German immigrants, led by Karl D'Arensbourg, joined other Germans from John Law's Arkansas concession to settle here in 1722. Chapel erected by 1724. These industrious German farmers saved New Orleans from famine. — — Map (db m85346) HM
On River Road (State Highway 18) north of Fre'Re Street, on the left when traveling north.
The Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement - 1984 Hale Boggs Bridge Awarded in a National Competition by the American Society of Civil Engineers. — — Map (db m109557) HM
On River Road (State Highway 48) north of Vans Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Settled by Canadians, French. Bienville came here in 1699 from Lake Pontchartrain using small waterways, portage. LeSeur and Canadians used the route and were met here by Iberville and Tonti Feb. 24, 1700. It became part of the "Second German Coast" . . . — — Map (db m100611) HM
On River Road (State Highway 48) near 1st Street, on the right when traveling south.
After the Civil War in 1873, Palmer Elkins, a free man of color, purchased property, tracts 8, 9, & 10 for $943.50. Mr. Elkins was the President of the St. Mary Benevolent Association and helped to educate freed men of color. In 1880, he asked . . . — — Map (db m100384) HM
Near River Road (State Highway 48) 0.1 miles west of Opal Lane, on the right when traveling west.
This late eighteenth-early nineteenth century Creole house is of statewide significance because of its exceptional Federal woodwork and its rarity as a plantation dependency. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. — — Map (db m85525) HM