United States
Fort Jesup State Historic Site
32 Geoghagan Road
Many, LA 71449
(318)256-4117
Guests are invited to learn the history of herbalism, apothecaries, and medicine in the 1800s. Watch as a living historian demonstrates how early cough medicine and medicinal teas were created. Ask questions about the early medical techniques that would have been used at Fort Jesup's Military Hospital in the 1830s. Learn about herbal gardens and how natural medicine was used in the 1800s.
