Roughnecks & Roustabouts

Historical marker location:

100 NW Front St, Vivian, Louisiana

( Marker is on SW Front Street, ½ mile north of East Arkansas Avenue, on the right.)

Louisiana was originally a French colony, named after King Louis XIV of France. The area was first explored by the French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, in 1682.