LA Purchase Bicentennial Benchmark -- Natchitoches LA
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N 31° 45.667 W 093° 05.276
15R E 491673 N 3513961
A special survey disk commemorating the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase set in the concrete at the Old Parish Courthouse in downtown Natchitoches LA.
Waymark Code: WMN93J
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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A special survey disk set by the LA Society of Professional Surveyors commemorating the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase in 2003 is set in the concrete at the Old Parish Courthouse in downtown Natchitoches LA.

Natchitoches was founded in 1714 by the French explorer Louis Juchereau de St. Denis. It is the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase, so it is appropriate that a special survey benchmark would be placed here.

The disk reads as follows:

"LOUISIANA PURCHASE BICENTENNIAL

1803 2003

[Map of US with LA purchase area inscribed and Natchitoches LA indicated with a Fleur de Lis]

Natchitoches 1714

LA Society of Professional Surbeyors
2003"
Subject: Territory

Commemoration: Bicentennial of the LA Purchase

Date of Founding: 1803

Date of Commemoration: 2003

Address:
600 Second St Natchitoches LA

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