Caddo Parish, Louisiana History and Biographies
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Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,5 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Caddo Parish (La.)
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Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,5 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Caddo Parish (La.)
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Page : 116 pages
File Size : 29,10 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Caddo Parish (La.)
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Author : Joyce Shannon Bridges
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Page : pages
File Size : 39,47 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Caddo Parish (La.)
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Author : Southern Publishing Company
Publisher : Southern Historical Press, Incorporated
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 47,25 MB
Release : 2002-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780893087784
"This volume was reproduced from an [sic] 1976 edition located in the private library of Wanda Head, Shreveport, Louisiana." Originally published: Chicago, IL.: Southern Pub. Co., 1890. Reprinted with a new index by Southern Historical Press.
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Page : 578 pages
File Size : 48,63 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Biography
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Author : Eric J. Brock
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 10,59 MB
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1625843046
Here are heroes and scoundrels, businessmen and religious leaders, artists and soldiers, pioneers and plantersas well as a number of stories that are ironic, bizarre or simply curious. In this newest collection of his popular columns, Eric J. Brock portrays Shreveports historical pageant through the lives of a cross section of truly fascinating characters. From the enigmatic mayor Robert Nathaniel Wood to forgotten beauty queen Janet Currie, Brock sketches the men and womenboth ordinary and extraordinarywho shaped the course of Shreveport history. These biographical vignettes, originally printed in the Shreveport Times and the Forum News Magazine, are a must-read for any native or resident of northwest Louisiana.
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 27,72 MB
Release : 1972
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Page : 818 pages
File Size : 19,29 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Avoyelles Parish (La.)
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Author : Sam Collier
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 15,9 MB
Release : 2007-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781531633158
In 1835, the United States purchased close to one million acres of land from the Caddo Confederacy of Native Americans; the Louisiana portion became known as Caddo Parish. The Indian agency's protection of that land delayed the settlement of the parish for 25 years or more after it began in other parts of Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas. The Red River logjam that existed for a few hundred years backed up bayous, which in return created navigable streams and lakes. The uplands contained massive stands of virgin timbers and bountiful fruit, berries, fish, and game. The first land patents were sold in 1841, and by 1850, the area was known as Caddo Prairie. For a majority of the next 100 years, steamboat traffic, homesteaders, plantations, subsistence farmers, logging operations, entrepreneurs, and a building boom brought on by the railroad and oil industries uniquely melded to define local, cultural history. Today three towns and five villages are located in north Caddo Parish, while the memories of 10 historic communities remain strong.
Author : Light Townsend Cummins
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,23 MB
Release : 1982-12-21
Category : History
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