Louisiana National Heritage Areas (Non-Units)

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 ...

... and main entrance

One of the static exhibits

The production area

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 ...

... with sign ...

... and mound

Closer look at the mound

Live Oaks with one of the big oaks ...

... and a closer look at the pretty home

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

The NHA sign

Another look at the bridge

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

Cool 360 in the historic district ...

... and a look at the river

Local transportation

Another 360 from the bridge over the river

Looking one way with Ken ...

... and the other way with me

Basilica of the Immaculate Conception

Ken photos ...

... the NHL plaque

El Camino stone marker

1863 Kaffie-Frederick Mercantile

Mercantile sign

National Heritage Areas (Non-Units) - Louisiana