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re: 2 dead in triple shooting on Spanish Town Road
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:04 am to mikelbr
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:04 am to mikelbr
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Did you know Spanishtown is named for Spanish Settlers that trekked from Galveztown(By Freds on the River at 42) when the settlement failed?
Formerly located at the junction of the Amite River and Bayou Manchac, Galveztown was settled beginning around 1778 by Anglo-Americans and Canary Islanders, or Islenos.
The settlement was named for Spanish governor Bernardo de Galvez.
Galveztown was all but abandoned by the early 1800s, and it would exist as pasture land for decades.
The colonists were said to have moved to the area near the present-day state capitol building, known as Spanish Town.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:10 am to ForLSU56
I come here for some mindless rhetoric about a double homicide and get a history lesson.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:13 am to ForLSU56
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The colonists were said to have moved to the area near the present-day state capitol building, known as Spanish Town.
pretty cool. LSU students did a dig there a few years ago.
Pretty certain this is the exact location today. The historical marker along 42 is just up the street a few feet east.
Gmaps of Galveztown Dig
Marker
This post was edited on 7/3/17 at 11:14 am
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