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
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
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
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
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
