Piache
Posted by: 
Markerman62
N 31° 32.669 W 087° 30.777
16R E 451310 N 3490060
Located on US 84 at Old Fort Claiborne Road
Waymark Code: WM118WD
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/08/2019
Views: 4
Piache, an Indian town visited by DeSoto in 1540, was near here. DeLuna made a settlement here, Nanipacna, in 1560. Fort Claiborne was erected on the South Bluff in 1813. Lafayette was entertained here 1825.
Marker Name: Piache
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
Marker was erected by the Alabama Society of Colonial Dames
Date Dedicated / Placed: March 1939
Marker Number: Not listed
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