Shell Mound, 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.

SHELL MOUND  As indicated on the Southeastern District Land Map of Louisiana

of Dec. 22, 1879, Shell Mound is located in Section 18, T9S-R6E on Black Lake.

This shell mound may have been a burial ground for the Indians.  The mound

from a distance looked like a large white schooner. (1) -- Lucille Cooper

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(1) Statements by Evariste Cambre to his daughter, Mrs. Lucille Cooper.

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