Poste Des Avoyelles
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kwashnak
N 31° 08.496 W 092° 03.855
15R E 589202 N 3445672
Marker at N. Main Street & LA 1192, Marksville, LA
Waymark Code: WME8BD
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2012
Views: 5
Poste Des Avoyelles
A Spanish military post was established c. 1780 in Marksville by Carlos de Grandpre, Civil Lieutenant Governor of the Red and Ouachita River Settlements to protect the Avoyel Indians from the encroachment of white settlers on Indian lands and to provide civil and military jurisdictions to the local settlers. Presumably at first near the Prehistoric Indian Park site on Old River, the post was later moved to this area. Post commanders were Jacques Gaignard, Noel Soileau, Domingo de Apereto and Estevan de la Morandier, brother-in-law of Soileau. Spanish authorities remained at the Avoyelles Post until 1805 when American authorities assumed control following the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
Marker Name: Poste Des Avoyelles
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: City/Parish/State
Parish: Avoyelles
Link to more information:: Not listed
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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