Historical Marker
Southdown High School
Historical marker location:
1124 Saint Charles Street, Houma, Louisiana
( Marker is on Saint Charles Street (State Highway 664) near West Tunnel Boulavard (Highway 3040), on the right when traveling south.)
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.