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Natchitoches City Hall A store with live fish for sale near Natchitoches, 1940. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott.. Natchitoches (/ ˈ n æ k ə t ə ʃ / ⓘ NAK-ə-təsh; [2] [3] French: Les Natchitoches, [le nakitɔʃ]), officially the City of Natchitoches, is a small city in, and the parish seat of, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. [4]
The fort (present-day city of Natchitoches) was founded by a French Canadian, Louis Juchereau de St. Denis in 1714 while he was traveling to Mexico on a trade mission.When St. Denis reached the village of the Natchitoches Indians on the Red River of the South, he had two huts constructed and left a small French detachment there to guard the stores and trade with the Native Americans.
The French Market (French: Marché français) is a market and series of commercial buildings spanning six blocks in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as a Native American trading post predating European colonization, the market is the oldest of its kind in the United States. [ 1 ]
For more information: Contact the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau at (800) 259-1714, www.natchitoches.com. This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: Touring the film ...
The family was enslaved by the Louisiana French Natchitoches post's founder and commandant, Chevalier Louis Juchereau de St. Denis. [5] She was born as Coincoin in 1742 in Natchitoches (later known as Natchitoches Parish). [5] Her parents were François and Marie Françoise, [6] she was the fourth of eleven children.
Isle Brevelle is named after Jean Baptiste Brevelle II (French: Jean Baptiste Brevel II.), its earliest settler and the 18th-century explorer and soldier of the Natchitoches Militia. [9] He is the son of Jean Baptiste Brevelle, a Parisian-born trader and explorer, and his Adai Caddo (French: Natao) Native American wife, Anne Marie des Cadeaux.
Natchitoches Historic District (/ ˈ n æ k ə t ɪ ʃ / NAK-ə-tish; named after the indigenous people of the area), also known as Natchitoches National Historic Landmark District, is a historic district encompassing the heart of Natchitoches, Louisiana, the oldest permanent European settlement in what is now Louisiana, and the oldest permanent European settlement in the wider geographic area ...
Location of Natchitoches Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National ...