Caddo Agency House - Shreveport, Louisiana.
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misfitt
N 32° 23.767 W 093° 43.433
15S E 431920 N 3584574
This marker is at Forbing on the southern outer reaches of Shreveport. It is on the south road bank of LA-523 Flournoy\ Lucas Road very close to the LA-523\ Ellerbee Road, about a mile west of the intersection of LA-3132 and Flournoy Lucas Road.
Waymark Code: WM39QZ
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/02/2008
Views: 15
“On bluff, south of this road, is site of Caddo Agency house where Caddo Indians ceded about 1,000.000 acres to the U.S. for $80,000 on July 1,1835. By this treaty, Indians also gave to Larkin Edwards, Interpreter and friend, a tract of land that later became sit of Shreveport.”
This marker was put in place by the State of Louisiana. They are part of the historic marker program administered by the State of Louisiana – Division of Historic Preservation. These markers help document our state’s heritage for each specific site. The markers are made of aluminum alloy, have a brown background with ivory letters and are topped off with an arched crest with an outline of the State of Louisiana’s symbol, the brown pelican. The Historic Marker program began in 1951. The markers are erected by the State Department of Transportation and Development and sponsored by local groups.
Marker Name: Caddo Agency House
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Other
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: 01/01/1966
Parish: Caddo
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