Acadia Plantation

Historical marker location:

Thibodaux, Louisiana

( Marker is on East 1st. Street (State Highway 1) 0.1 miles south of Bowie Street, on the right when traveling south.)

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.