La Butte, Livingston Parish, Louisiana File prepared by D.N. Pardue ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** 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. LA BUTTE Located about one mile west of the present old town hall of French Settlement on the Amite River, La Butte in French means knoll or hill. This place name is given to a high elongated bank of land bordering the river in Section 40, T9S-R4E. The first roads and trails in French Settlement followed the high areas of land surrounding the swampland bordering the Amite River. Since most of the traveling in the early 1800's was done by water it stands to reason that such roads from the river to French Settlement were very necessary. As a general rule the high water did not overflow La Butte. (1) --- Lucille Cooper -------------- (1) Statements by Ozay Decareaux, French Settlement, on Jan. 13, 1976. * * * * *