Historical Markers in Cloutierville, Louisiana

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Historical Markers in Cloutierville, Louisiana

1 ► Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Cloutierville — Bayou Folk Museum —

Home of Kate Chopin 1880-1883, renowned writer of Creole Short Stories set in famed Cane River Country. Best known for "Bayou Folk" and "A Night in Acadie". Home built in early 1800's by Alexis Cloutier on Spanish Land Grant No. B 17.01. — — Map (db m87871) HM

2 ► Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Cloutierville — Changing Residents —

This structure provided shelter for diverse groups of plantation residents, including enslaved workers, the planter family, and plantation overseers. Historical records suggest the building originally served as a hospital for the enslaved . . . — — Map (db m227611) HM

3 ► Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Cloutierville — Farming Transitions —

From antiquity, farming was done by people with basic tools. Mules and other animals provided more power. From the 1700s to the mid-1900s, the use of workers, enslaved then sharecropper, allowed the growing of labor-intensive crops. The . . . — — Map (db m227618) HM

4 ► Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Cloutierville — Livestock —

Throughout the history of Magnolia Plantation, the LeComte-Hertzog family relied on livestock for a variety of purposes. As early as 1765 Jean Baptiste LeComte owned eight cattle, four horses, and eight pigs. By 1787 his livestock included 90 . . . — — Map (db m227812) HM

5 ► Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Cloutierville — Meet "Jack" the Magnolia Mule —

Mules are a hybrid offspring from a male donkey and a female horse. They are generally smaller than horses, but stronger and more sure- footed. They were preferred over horses for farm work were an important part of agricultural production in . . . — — Map (db m232075) HM

6 ► Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Cloutierville — Two Worlds —

You stand between two worlds Magnolia's physical landscape is divided into two distinct but interrelated spaces-Main House and Quarters. The buildings are arranged for both function and aesthetics and illustrate how the meaning of a place can . . . — — Map (db m227610) HM

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