Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site
| Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site | |
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Replica building at the fort
St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches. |
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| Location | Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States of America |
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| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha)[2] |
| Governing body | Louisiana Office of State Parks |
| http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/iftstjean.aspx | |
Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site, or Fort des Natchitoches, in Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA, is a replica of an early French fort based upon the original blueprints of 1716 by Sieur Charles Claude Dutisné and company. The settlement which became the town of Natchitoches was founded in 1714 by French Canadian Louis Antoine Juchereau de St. Denis as the first permanent European settlement in the lands later encompassed by the Louisiana Purchase. In 1722, Juchereau de St. Denis in 1722 became commandant of Fort St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches.
The fort was devised as a trading and military outpost to counter any Spanish incursions into French territory. Soon it became a center of economic significance, particularly with neighboring Caddo tribes.
After 1764, Fort St. Jean was abandoned, with the transfer of Louisiana (New France) to Spain. It was rebuilt, but its actual location is unknown.[3]
Today Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site is a point of interest within the Cane River National Heritage Area. It is also host to living history re-enactments of what Life in the fort was like in the 1750s
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- Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site - Louisiana State Parks page
- Cane River National Heritage Area - information page
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- Forts in Louisiana
- Louisiana State Historic Sites
- Protected areas of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
- Colonial forts in Louisiana
- French forts in the United States
- French-American culture in Louisiana
- Buildings and structures in Natchitoches, Louisiana
- Museums in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
- Military and war museums in Louisiana
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