On U.S. 90 0.3 miles west of Louisiana Highway 182, on the right when traveling north.
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
Near U.S. 90 west of Silo Road, on the left when traveling west.
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
On Cotton Road near U.S. 90, on the left when traveling north.
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
Near Main Street (State Road 182) south of Catherine Street, on the left when traveling south.
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
On State Highway 182 at Airport Circle, on the left when traveling south on State Highway 182.
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
