Bocage Plantation

Historical marker location:

39050 LA-942, Darrow, Louisiana

( Marker is at the intersection of River Road (State Highway 942) and St. Elmo Street (Parish Route 1435), on the right when traveling south on River Road.)

Marker installed: 1976

In 1803, Louisiana was sold by France to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. The purchase doubled the size of the United States at the time.