William Bartram Trail

Historical marker location:

Port Vincent, Louisiana

( Marker is on Louisiana Route 42, 0.2 miles east of Louisiana Route 431, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2021

Traced 1773-1777.

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.