"bayon sacra (luisiana) (bayou sacra, louisiana). Shows town on mississippi river, 1840s, with flatboat in the river in the foreground; on the boat is are several men, one with a violin, one dancing. Notes: lithograph probably based on drawings lewis made on the mississippi river c. 1846-1848. Location "bayou sacra" is probably town of "bayou sara" in west feliciana parish; st. Francisville on bluff in background. Date: 1840s (probable date depicted; Lewis's journey down the Mississippi 1846-1849; published by 1857).
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