Crescent Park

Historical marker location:

Donaldsonville, Louisiana

( Marker is on Mississippi Street (State Highway 18) near Crescent Park Circle, on the right when traveling south.)

Grand portal into the heart of historic Donaldsonville.

Louisiana was briefly an independent republic. After declaring independence from Spain in 1810, a group of Louisianans established the Republic of West Florida, which included parts of what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. However, the republic was short-lived, as it was quickly annexed by the United States.