Birth Site of Caroline Dormon

Dormon was born at Briarwood on 19 July 1888, came back to live there in 1918, and in 1920 became the Society of American Foresters' first woman associate member. She wrote six books on Louisiana plants and nature, from Wild Flowers of Louisiana in 1934 to Bird Talk in 1969. She also promoted Choctaw, Koasati and Chitimacha basket weavers, recorded stories in Native languages, and argued that traditional arts could anchor tribal economies. She died on 21 November 1971; her papers are at Northwestern State University's library in Natchitoches.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lake Bistineau State Park — 32 mi
  A 903-acre state park on a lake the Great Raft made, opened in 1946 with a separate section for Black visitors from 1956, and now known for cypress water and a lake that is drawn down.

More markers nearby

• Site of Fort Selden — 23 mi
• Site of Camp Salubrity — 25 mi
• Church of St. Anne (Mother Church of Caddo Adai Indians) — 29 mi
• Saint Tekakwitha Plaque and Statue — 29 mi