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City in Louisiana, United States
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Marksville is the county seat of Avoyelles Parish in the River Parishes region.
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This museum covers the history of the indigenous people of the area, predominant prior to Marc Eliche's establishment of a trading post in 1794 and the inevitable colonization of Europeans and European Americans to follow. In the vicinity of Marksville are burial/ceremonial mounds of native people origin, but, due to funding cuts, they are seldomly open.
Representative Creole settler house from the 1820s.
Marks the site of the Edwards Plantation, one of the estates where Solomon Northrup was forced into servitude.
Arguably the biggest attraction in town, with a casino, buffet and restaurants, attractive pool for hotel guests, and live entertainment from fairly major headliners. It also has a nice swamp diorama complete with gators and Spanish moss-draped cypress trees in its atrium.
For a bit of a change-up, try some Lebanese food.
Outdoor pool and hot tub with views of the casino, in case you want to look at that.
Marksville is one of those places where you are kind of on your own getting there, as intercity public transport is not much of a reality. The main access way is State Hwy 1 that connects to Alexandria and New Roads.
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