On First Street north of Barrow Street, on the left when traveling north.
Because the lower Atchafalaya River is near the Gulf, this area is a popular shipping departure point. But challenges such as combating sedimentation and the close proximity of the three bridges sometimes cause difficulties for river traffic. . . . — — Map (db m111892) HM
On Front Street at Freret Street, on the left when traveling north on Front Street.
The first Atchafalaya levee or wall constructed in 1946 was 13 feet tall on both sides of the river. Subsequent floods resulted in its redesign and expansion to the current 21-foot-wall, built after the flood on 1973. The Atchafalaya River, the . . . — — Map (db m111896) HM
On Myrtle St., 0.3 miles north of Auditorium Dr., on the right when traveling south.
The Militia of the Attakapa Region of South Central Louisiana served under Spain’s Governor of the colony, Bernardo de Galvez in his campaigns against the British during the War for American Independence. — — Map (db m85733) HM
On 1st Street at Everett Street, on the right when traveling north on 1st Street.
Established steamship line in Gulf of Mexico in 1837; Began use of settlement on Berwick Bay as transshipping point for rail-steamer service from New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad in 1869: Dredged Atchafalaya Bay ship channel in . . . — — Map (db m86701) HM
On Federal Avenue near Duke Street, on the right when traveling south.
In November, 1862, town was seized by Federal forces: served as major base for Union Army and Navy operations in Teche Campaigns, staging area for advances against salt works on Avery Island and temporary Confederate state capitol of Opelousas and . . . — — Map (db m98424) HM
On Myrtle Drive north of Auditorium Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Famed as surgeon in KY. 1806. Settled Attakapas, LA. 1809. Became large landowner, sugar planter in St. Mary, serving many years in LA. Legislature. Town of Brashear, now Morgan City, incorporated 1860. — — Map (db m85751) HM
On Brashear Avenue (State Highway 182) west of 5th Street, in the median.
First producing offshore oil
well out of sight of land
was completed Nov. 14, 1947
in the Gulf of Mexico
forty-three miles South of
Morgan City, Louisiana
25th Offshore Anniversary, Inc.
Chamber of Commerce
Morgan City, . . . — — Map (db m85679) HM
Near 4th Street south of Barrow Street, on the left when traveling south.
Also known as Fort Brashear. Near this site, now occupied by Atkinson Memorial Presbyterian Church, was the larger of two works erected to defend Morgan City, then Brashear City and a Federal military depot. On the night of June 22, 1863, 325 . . . — — Map (db m86702) HM
Near North Lakeshore Drive at Lakeshore Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Lake Palourde covers 11,520 acres and is one of a number of large lakes that once existed within the historic Atchafalaya River Basin's 3-million-acre landscape. Lake Palourde is just east of Morgan City. The word palourde is French for . . . — — Map (db m111812) HM
Near State Highway 70, 1.5 miles north of Fig Street, on the right when traveling north.
Morgan City began on the site of the Tiger Island Sugar Plantation owned by Dr. Walter Brashear, a prominent surgeon from Kentucky. It was incorporated in 1860 as Brashear City, then renamed Morgan City in February 1876, in honor of Charles . . . — — Map (db m155669) HM
On Front Street at Freret Street, on the left when traveling north on Front Street.
The floodwalls protecting Morgan City were built under the authority of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with the assistance of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District and Morgan City officials. This . . . — — Map (db m111807) HM
On Federal Avenue south of Adams Street, on the right when traveling south.
Erected in 1865, after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Freed slaves used the land given by Mr. Olympus Young. Mr. Lawrence, former slave owner, gave the worship bell. Its history is rich with over thirteen ministers sharing . . . — — Map (db m98405) HM
Near Union Street at Third Street, on the right when traveling west.
In 1859, Father J.J. Claris offered the first mass in Brashear, as Morgan City was called up to the centennial year of the nation. The patron saint originally was St. Justin The Martyr, later St. Clotilda, Queen of France. During the tenure of the . . . — — Map (db m86703) HM
On Everett Street at Third Street, on the left when traveling east on Everett Street.
Panel 1 Jared Young Sanders III Born January 29, 1944 on Avoca Plantation Died March 23, 1944 in Baton Rouge. Progress Panel 2 Governor 1908-1912 Congressman 6th District 1917-1921 Good Roads Panel 3 "A Son of Old St. . . . — — Map (db m111897) HM
