Albert G. Blanchard

Historical marker location:

300 N Claiborne Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana

( Memorial can be reached from North Claiborne Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1975

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.