800 Block Main Street

Historical marker location:

826 Main Street, Pineville, Louisiana

( Marker is on Main Street (Business U.S. 165) north of East Shamrock Street, on the right when traveling north.)

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.