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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.
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]
Steak ‘n Shake has announced that it’s going to start frying its french fries in 100% beef tallow. The change comes a week after the chain posted a poll on X asking whether it should switch to ...
Brevelle arrived in French Louisiana during the construction of Fort St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in 1719. Commandant Claude Charles du Tisné had arrived to the outpost just a few years earlier to convert the 2 huts built in 1714 by Louis Juchereau de St. Denis into a fortified post on Red River of the South to establish France's claims to the region and to prevent the Spanish forces in ...
A tiny town of just 18,000 people, Natchitoches puts on an impressive holiday presentation. Starting Nov. 18, visitors are greeted by more than 300,000 lights and more than 100 displays that are ...
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.
Gentle reminder to all you love birds out there that Valentine's Day is just around the corner. (Fifteen days if we really want to get specific.)