Bayou Sara, Louisiana

Bayou Sara was a town in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States until the Mississippi River washed it away in 1927.

[1] According to the American Guide to Louisiana, Bayou Sara was "founded in 1790 by John H. Mills and Christopher Stewart, who established a trading post on the river which grew into one of the most flourishing ports between Natchez and New Orleans.

With the advent of the railroad, trade diminished and the town gradually declined, so that now all that remains of Bayou Sara are a few wooden shacks and a tall, uninscribed monument, and these have been absorbed by St.

"[2] John H. Mills had originally settled in the Natchez District where he operated a sawmill in partnership with Isaac Johnson near Second Creek.

[3] In 1790 Mills moved south to the vicinity of the Bayou Sarah and in partnership with Christopher Strong Stewart opened a trading post on the batture.