Sightseeing
History BuffFort Jesup State Historic Site
Under $25Walk the grounds of the 1822 frontier post Zachary Taylor founded, with its original log kitchen and a museum in the rebuilt officers' quarters.
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Sightseeing
Los Adaes State Historic Site
A preserved 18th-century Spanish settlement and mission site in northwestern Louisiana, managed by Louisiana State Parks.
6354 Highway 485, one mile northeast of Robeline, Louisiana · Robeline, LA
About Los Adaes State Historic Site
Los Adaes sits in the forests of northwestern Louisiana on land long tied to the Caddo people. It was a Spanish mission and settlement that grew into the capital of Spanish Texas, and it existed close to the French post at Natchitoches. Visitors can see the site of the former presidio and chapel and an on-site museum with exhibits on the multicultural history of the place, daily life of its early residents, and the wider story of Spanish colonization.
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- #Caddo history
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- #presidio
- #national historic landmark
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