In the middle of Natchitoches, hidden in the flowers, is this bust and report of the founder of Natchitoches. Louis De St. Denis came to Louisiana with Bienville the founder of New Orleans. If he founded the city of Natchitoches before Bienville founded the city of New Orleans. It was not by much. Natchitoches is a great place to visit and is where the movie Steel Magnolias was filmed.