Elysian Grove Plantation - Bossier City, Louisiana.
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misfitt
N 32° 31.246 W 093° 44.310
15S E 430641 N 3598401
Located at the east foot of the Texas Street Bridge across Red River in Bossier City.
Waymark Code: WM3H5X
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/06/2008
Views: 19
“Near this location, during the greater part of the 19th century, stood “Elysian Grove” plantation, owned by Mary Cane 91812-1902). Mrs. Cane was a prominent businesswoman and landowner in Bossier and Caddo Parishes. After her death the main house deteriorated and was finally razed in the 1920s.”
This marker was put in place a “Historic Sites Signs Projects” by joint efforts between the City of Shreveport, Bossier City, Caddo Parish, & Bossier Parish, which began in 1995 and ran for 12 years. The Highland Area Partnership of Shreveport spearheaded the effort in the first place. Bob Marak designed the signs, the Shreveport City sign shop produced them, Eric J. Brock (historian in Shreveport) wrote the texts. This marker program was sponsored by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau and was coordinated by Eric J. Brock, local historian, and Robert J Marak The project included many historic sites already marked by the state of Louisiana and resulted in 142 markers placed in the Shreveport-Bossier area.
Marker Name: Elysian Grove Plantation
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Other
Parish: Bossier
Link to more information:: Not listed
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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