Confluence Of Bayous
N 29° 47.767 W 090° 49.450
15R E 710307 N 3298178
Located in the Jean Lafitte National Park building Parking lot, in Thibodaux, LA.
Waymark Code: WM636M
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2009
Views: 10
Marker sponsored by the Lafourche Historical Society, and Co sponsered by the Bayou Lafourche Chapter of the DAR.
Marker text -
Near hear was the prehistoric fork of Bayou Lafourche and Bayou Terrebonne. Acadians settled the area in 1785 and were joined by earlier French, German, Spanish and American settlers. The Village of Thibodauxville was started on the high banks of the bayous. Nearby is the Percy - Lobdell Building, ca 1912, site of the Wetlands Acadian Culture Center, Jean Lafitte Historical Park and Preserve.
Lafourche Historical Society is non profit society preservine the histori of Lafourche parish.
Marker Name: Confluence of Bayous
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Bayou/River/Lake
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: 01/01/1992
Parish: Lafourche
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