Oakland Plantation - Oakland, Louisiana
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misfitt
N 32° 28.091 W 093° 30.797
15S E 451765 N 3592448
This marker is located on the south side of Sligo Road a short distance, less than a quarter of a mile, east of highway LA-157 at Oakland.
Waymark Code: WM398A
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/29/2008
Views: 21
“This house was built in stages between 1832 and 1848, and by 1850 was owned by Doctor Abel Skannal. From this house the family controlled five plantations totalling over 8,000 acres. Rumors about ghosts are sustained by the fact that Doc Skannal kept a coffin in the attic of the house. The family cemetery is located nearby in the woods.
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: Oakland 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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