Historical Marker
Main Street
Historical marker location:
731 Main Street, Pineville, Louisiana
( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Business U.S. 165) and Shamrock Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.)
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.