Dog Trot House

This house is the only remaining structure of the original village of Pleasant Hill. After the Civil War, it was occupied by the J.W. Elam family. J.W. Elam was wounded in the eastern theater, was home on recuperation leave, and served as a scout for General Taylor during the Red River Campaign. The house served as a hospital after the Battle of Pleasant Hill. It is also dedicated to 3rd Sgt. Gabrial Landrum of Co. E, 11 Texas C.S.A., whose regiment fought on this spot in the Battle of Pleasant Hill on April 9, 1864; he is buried in Landrum Cemetery, Fenet, Texas, and was the grandfather of W.W. Poimboeuf, M.D.

Louisiana · United States