M161A "Half Track"

Historical marker location:

4209 Chenault Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana

( Marker can be reached from Chenault Boulevard, 0.2 miles west of North Claiborne Avenue (State Highway 39), on the right when traveling west.)

United States. 1944-1959.

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.