Charles Morgan

The shipping magnate's link to Berwick Bay was a railroad. Charles Morgan, a Connecticut man, acquired the Great Western, expanded the Algiers rail yards, extended the track west and built ships to join the two, forming Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company. Construction began in October 1852, the line reached Bayou Lafourche in 1854 and arrived at the Atchafalaya in spring 1857. Brashear became an official port of entry in 1873. The Civil War then left the Great Western bankrupt.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Museum — 5.3 mi
  A Louisiana State Museum in Patterson on the world's largest cypress sawmill town and the Wedell-Williams racing planes, with a theater and changing exhibits.
• Grevemberg House Museum — 19 mi
  Franklin's 1851 Greek Revival townhouse, the official St. Mary Parish museum, saved from demolition by one vote and set in the Franklin Historic District on Bayou Teche.
• E. D. White Historic Site — 20 mi
  A National Historic Landmark house of about 1790 on Bayou Lafourche, built by enslaved people and home to two Whites, a governor and a Chief Justice, with an exhibit on the bayou's history.
• Chitimacha Museum — 23 mi
  The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana's own museum at Charenton: the tribe's account of its territory, the French wars and enslavement, the land held in trust, and river cane baskets.

More markers nearby

• Morgan City Floodwalls — steps away
• Civil War Years — 0.2 mi
• Atchafalaya River — 0.2 mi
• Fort Star — 0.5 mi