Historical Marker
Mississippi River
Historical marker location:
Donaldsonville, Louisiana
( Marker can be reached from Mississippi Street near Crescent Park Circle, on the right when traveling north.)
America's greatest river system and transportation artery.
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.