Governor's Bluff, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue



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From the book entitled "The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study
of Livingston Parish" by the members of the Livingston Parish American
Revolution Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with the Livingston 
Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission, 1976.  Reprinted by permission.  Dedicated to the memory of
Reuben Cooper and Raymond Riggs.

GOVERNOR'S BLUFF  This is high and beautiful bluff on the east side

of the Amite River.  It got its name from the fact that people 

gathered here to see the governor who would take a cooling drive

out from Baton Rouge to the opposite shore. (1)  The 1895 Hardee

map shows a road coming to this point from Baton Rouge. (2)

--- Mrs. Anita Durand Buess

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(1) As told to Mrs. Anita Durand Buess by Mrs. Charles Nelson 
Durand and Mr. John Noblet.
(2) 1895 Hardee's Official Map of Louisiana.

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