Fort Pike

ID: 5932 ~ Source: Louisiana Ecology and Conservation, The Percy Viosca Jr. Collection
LSU Libraries
Hill Memorial Library: Special Collections ~ Creator: Percy Viosca, Jr.
This file appears in: Fort Pike
Black and white photo of a fort from across a body of water.
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Citation: Louisiana Ecology and Conservation: The Percy Viosca, Jr. Collection, Louisiana Digital Library, Baton Rouge, La.

Camera looking across water to Fort Pike in distance

This file appears in: Fort Pike

By Kalie A. Rhodes & Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor
In 1819, President James Monroe commissioned Fort Pike’s construction alongside six other forts on the Louisiana coast. [2] Originally known as Fort Petites Coquilles, Monroe commissioned the fort…