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Fort St. Jean Baptiste
Grand Ecore Visitor Center
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum
Los Adaes State Historic Site
Natchitoches Christmas Festival
Lasyone's Meat Pie Kitchen
The Minor Basilica Of The Immaculate Conception
Kaffie-Frederick General Mercantile Store
Natchitoches is a city in Louisiana founded by a French Canadian, Louis Antoine Juchereau de St. Denis in 1714. The city National Historic Landmark District includes beautifully restored French Creole townhouses, the Minor Basilica with magnificent stained-glass windows, and the still working 19th-century Kaffie-Frederick General Mercantile, the oldest general store in the city. The Cane River winds through the city towards the plantations that are part of the Cane River Creole National Historical Park. The J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Grand Ecore Visitor Center is located about four miles north of Natchitoches, perched on a 80-foot high bluff above Red River.
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