Historical Marker
Camp Claiborne, LA
Historical marker location:
Forest Hill, Louisiana
( Marker is on State Highway 112 west of U.S. 165, on the right when traveling west.)
Birthplace of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions.
In 1803, Louisiana was sold by France to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. The purchase doubled the size of the United States at the time.