Osgood Corner

Historical marker location:

31706 LA-16, Denham Springs, Louisiana

( Marker is at the intersection of North Range Avenue (State Highway 16) and Lockhart Road (State Highway 1026), on the right when traveling north on North Range Avenue.)

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.