Naquin Settlement

Historical marker location:

Labadieville, Louisiana

( Marker is on St. Mary Street (State Highway 1) 0.4 miles north of Welcome Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Established Sept. 10, 1785.

Louisiana was a slave state before the American Civil War, and the state played a significant role in the Civil War. The Battle of Port Hudson, which took place in Louisiana in 1863, was the longest siege in American history.