Dixie Gin

Historical marker location:

6596 Sentell Rd, Sentell, Louisiana

( Marker is at the intersection of Dixie Shreveport Road (Louisiana Route 3049) and Sentell Road, on the right when traveling north on Dixie Shreveport Road.)

Historic Site.

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.