Historical Marker
Edison Place
Historical marker location:
313 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
( Marker is on Bourbon Street north of Bienville Street, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1973
Louisiana was briefly an independent republic. After declaring independence from Spain in 1810, a group of Louisianans established the Republic of West Florida, which included parts of what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. However, the republic was short-lived, as it was quickly annexed by the United States.