Jean Baptiste le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville - Image
Pierre le Moyne, Sieur d’Iberville - Image
Robert Cavalier, the Sieur de La Salle - Image
La Salle in Hahnville - Image
Bustard’s Cove Image Gallery
Father of Louisiana Jean Baptiste le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville. (Sketch by Janis Blair)
Founder of Louisiana Pierre le Moyne, Sieur d’Iberville. (Sketch by Janis Blair)
Robert Cavalier, the Sieur de La Salle. LaSalle and Tonti are the first known Europeans to set foot upon the soil of St. Charles Parish. (Sketch by Janis Blair)
Taking Possession of Louisiana and the River Mississippi, in the name of Louis XIVth, by Cavelier de la Salle by Bocquin, ca.1860, color lithograph, THNOC.1970.1 In 1682, René Robert Cavelier, sieur de la Salle claimed the lands drained by the Mississippi River for France. Passing through St. Charles Parish on his return trip upriver, La Salle presented his blue serge coat to the Quinapissa Indian chief in present-day Hahnville in honor of this special occasion. (Courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection)