The Name Lecompte
N 31° 05.283 W 092° 23.767
15R E 557597 N 3439516
Located on Hwy.71/167 at the stop light in Lecompte (intersection of Hwy 112).
Waymark Code: WM68Y6
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/25/2009
Views: 10
Erected by town of Lecompte in 2006.
Text reads:
In 1854 the residents of Smith's Landing, a small trading post on historic Bayou Boeuf renamed their settlement LECOMTE for a famous horse. LECOMTE was owned by Thomas Jefferson and Montfort Wells, area plantation owners. LECOMTE won his first race in 1853 on the Metairie course in New Orleans. In 1854 he won the Great State Stakes four mile heat in 7 minutes 26 seconds best time ever previously recorded. When a sign was painted for the Town a P was added to the name and the town has been known as LECOMPTE ever since.
Marker Name: Lecompte
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: City/Parish/State
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: 01/01/2006
Parish: Rapides
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