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| The Baton Rouge Skyline | 
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| About History Things in Baton Rouge... |
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THE FOUNDING OF
BATON ROUGE The name Baton Rouge comes from the Indian work "Istrouma," meaning Red Stick. Earliest written records about Baton Rouge were provided by members of Iberville's expedition on March 17, 1699. |
"From there (Bayou Manchac) we ascended five leagues further, where we found very high banks, which in that country are called bluffs and the Indian tongue Istrouma which means Baton Rouge, because there is at this place a pole painted red, which the Indians had erected to mark the dividing line of the lands of the two nations, to wit that of the Bayougoulas, whence we had come, from another 30 leagues above Baton Rouge called the Oumas (Houmas)". This red stick was erected on May 12, 1967 during the 150th Anniversary of the incorporating of the city of Baton Rouge. |
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SITE OF EARLY
GUNSMITH SHOP (1836 - 1860) Here stood the home and shop of Captain Daniel Searles, one of Baton Rouge's early gunsmiths and knife makers. Searles was a maker of the famed Bowie knife. His name is engraved on a knife made for Rezin Pleasant Bowie for presentation to a prominent local citizen. Captain Henry Waller Fowler. U S Dragoons. |
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MERCI TRAIN The Louisiana Box Car of the Merci Train from France expressing the gratitude of that nation presented by Consul General Lionel Vasse to Governor Earl K Long on February 22, 1949 in appreciation of the generosity of the American people. Dedicated on these grounds by the Old State Capitol Memorial Commission on June 12, 1949 by Drew Pearson. |
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| A walk along the memorable Baton Rouge Waterfront... |
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BATON ROUGE 2020 A "Value of Opportunity with a World of Possibility" a kaleidoscope of the future (Baton Rouge in the year 2020 through the eyes of our next community leaders... our children. Middle School student artists from the Talented Arts Program in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System were selected to give life to the vision. The partnership of Forum 35, the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, the Project Sponsors, Donors and Volunteers are proud to dedicate the "visual legacy", a gift from our most precious resource... our children to the Baton Rouge Community. |
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A visit with the Spirits of the Tree... | 
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| Louisiana Memorial Plaza | 
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| About War Things in Baton Rouge... |
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PENTAGON
BUILDINGS Constructed 1819 - 1822 to house U S troops. Used as a garrison from 1822 - 1877 except from 1861 - 1862 when held by Confederates. From 1886 - 1925 these buildings and grounds were the site of Louisiana State University. |
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BATTLE OF BATON
ROUGE, 1862 On August 5, 1862, Confederate troops from Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana under General John C Breckinridge attacked from the east in an unsuccessful attempt to dislodge Union forces holding the city. Casualties were heavy and the union commander General Thomas Williams was killed. Williams forces supported by Union gunboats included men from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin. |
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ARSENAL MUSEUM This building, erected in 1835 as a powder magazine for a U S Army Post and Arsenal which used this area from 1810 - 1885, except in 1861 - 1862 when held by the Confederacy. In 1862 this building was restored and the museum established. |
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BATON ROUGE POST
CEMETERY A site east and south of the powder magazine (Arsenal Museum) was used as a cemetery from about 1822 to 1879 when the Post was abandoned. It also was known as the American or :Protestant Cemetery and some civilians were buried here. Twenty three caskets found during excavation for construction of the Capitol in 1931 were reburied in a special vault. |
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CEREMONIAL
INDIAN MOUND One of a group of mounds probably constructed about AD 1000 during the Coles Creek culture period. Surrounded by a large village area, each mound served as a foundation for sacred buildings and as platforms for the chief to address the tribesmen. This aboriginal mound was used in the 19th century as an officers cemetery for the Baton Rouge Post and Arsenal. |
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| The State Capitol Building and surrounding areas... | 
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| Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Sculpture | 
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| Old State Capitol Building |
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STATE CAPITOL 1850 - 1862, 1882 - 1932 This Gothic Revival structure was designed by James Harrison Dakin. The Louisiana Secession Ordinance was adopted here in January 1861. The interior was burned in December 1861 while the building was occupied by Federal troops. Reconstructed by William Freret in 1882, it served as the Capitol until 1932. The cast iron fence dates from 1954. |
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LAFAYETTE
BUILDING One of the earlier remaining architecturally significant buildings of the city. Originally the residence of Judge Charles Tessler, first Probate Judge of East Baton Rouge Parish, who acquired the property in the early 1800's through the claim of Richard Devall (Deval Town). By legend, the Marquid de Lafayette is said to have visited Judge Tessler here in 1825. |
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Old Governors Mansion | 
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Early Water Tank | 
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MESTROVIC COURT Ivan Mestrovic was the most prominent figure among Yugoslav sculptors of the current century and he has a special niche in his country's history of art. The creative activity of the prolific artist won a name for him throughout the world. He is represented in most major European and American galleries. Mestrovic was born at Vapolle(?) in 1883 and died in America in 1912. He is buried in his native Yugoslavia in a Mausoleum in Gesicned(?). |
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