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Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
5/17/2008 Stopped at Avery Island and the Tabasco factory (in the Atchafalaya NHA). Saw a small
exhibit and film, and viewed the production area (no activity on the weekend). Picked up a few bottles at the country store.
The VC sign ...
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... and main entrance
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One of the static exhibits
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The production area
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6/5/2022 Livonia - Livonia Mounds. The largest of the remaining Indian mounds in Pointe Coupée Parish is the Livonia Mound.
At almost 31 feet tall, the conical mound is thought to have served as a burial ground for several Native American settlements. Artifacts found at
the site suggest the mound was used circa 400 AD - 1100 AD. This is a site in the Atchafalaya NHA, but not much to do but photo the large mound.
Rosedale - Live Oaks Plantation. This is an example of early Louisiana plantation architecture with its upper and lower galleries, unbroken roof
line, and internal architectural details forming a prototype for later, more elaborate, and more refined plantation homes. The site is in the
Atchafalaya NHA. We just pulled off right in front of this private home for photos of the pretty mansion among huge live oaks
Livonia Mounds area ...
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... with sign ...
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... and mound
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Closer look at the mound
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Live Oaks with one of the big oaks ...
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... and a closer look at the pretty home
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6/6/2022 Prairieville - LA73 Bayou Manache Bridge, a 1931 pony truss bridge. Here we walked down an embankment for some nice
shots of the old but still cool looking bridge. In the Atchafalaya NHA.
1931 Bayou Manache Bridge
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The NHA sign
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Another look at the bridge
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Cane River National Heritage Area
5/14/2008
Fort Jesup State Historic Site
Rebel State Historic Site
5/15/2008 Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site
6/5/2022
Fort Jesup State Historic Site
Los Adaes State Historic Site
Natchitoches - Despite all our practice, we never got to show off that we could correctly pronounce NAK-uh-chez. We parked in the Natchitoches Historic
District NHL along the Cane River (actually a 35 mile oxbow lake) and did a little walkabout in the now very hot sun (but really not bad in the shade,
with humidity not very high). The district encompasses the heart of the oldest permanent European settlement in the lower Mississippi River Valley,
founded by the French in 1714. It is also part of the Cane River NHA. We stopped at Basilica of the Immaculate Conception and did a loop at the north
end of the area to photo the NHL plaque as well as an El Camino stone marker, moved from where Ken had originally scoped it out. We also stopped at a
JH sight, the Kaffie-Frederick Mercantile. Established in 1863, it is the oldest general store in the state.
El Camino info
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Cool 360 in the historic district ...
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... and a look at the river
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Local transportation
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Another 360 from the bridge over the river
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Looking one way with Ken ...
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... and the other way with me
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Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
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Ken photos ...
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... the NHL plaque
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El Camino stone marker
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1863 Kaffie-Frederick Mercantile
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Mercantile sign
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