Butte La Rose, Louisiana
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Butte-a-la-Rose (also known as Butte a la Rose) is an unincorporated area in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana.
[edit] History
The origin of the name Butte-a-la-Rose is unknown. The community is located on a high point where the Atchafalaya River makes a sharp bend and divides into the Little Atchafalaya River to the South and the Upper Grand River to the North.
Some have said that an old Indian, Celestin Rose, who resided at one time in Grand Bois, said that the butte was named after one of his ancestors, who was "a famous Chitamacha Indian." Another version is that following the French Revolution, some royalists made the butte their home and named it Rose in memory of the flower which was the symbol of their fallen society. [1]
The Union Army capture of Fort Burton at Butte a la Rose took place on April 20, 1863.[2]
Today, the area is known for its wilderness campgrounds [3] and the Atchafalaya Welcome Center. [4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ www.geocities.com
- ^ Maygarden, Benjamin D.; Jill-Karen Yakubik (1999). Bayou Chene: The Life Story of an Atchafalaya Basin Community (PDF). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
- ^ cajuncountry.org "Campgrounds"
- ^ dnr.louisiana.gov "ATCHAFALAYA BASIN PROGRAM"
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