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Sunrise
LA Highway 986, Port Allen,
LA,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
30° 28' 37.9056",
-91° 12' 6.696"
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Louisiana State
Historical Marker |
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(Side A)
In 1874 Alexander Banes, a former slave, purchased property which he sold to Sunrise Realty Co. in 1905. About 1906 the Missouri-Pacific Railroad began using a train-ferry to cross the Mississippi River, causing a great spurt in the population of Sunrise. This marker is a reminder of a community that has gone on, but remains in the happy memories of her descendants.
(Side B)
A place (not a time of day) of green and golden pages turned slowly enough, to hear the bees whispering in the clover and smell the season of the river in the fog and dust. It must be there still in the trees and the spaces where people live and children play in barefoot memories.
Last updated: 4/9/2016 16:00:46
| StoppingPoints.com Editorial on Sunrise: | Opposite side of the Sunrise marker includes this poem:
A place (Not a time of day)
Of green and golden pages
Turned slowly enough
To hear bees whispering
In the clover
And smell the season of the river
in the fog and dust.
It must be there still
In the trees and the spaces
Where people live and children play
In barefoot memories. |
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Sunrise Historical Marker Location Map, Port Allen, Louisiana
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