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I rounded up a collection of photos of the Cane River bridge in the City of Natchitoches, Louisiana and in Natchitoches Parish. Almost all the photos are from the Cammie G. Henry Collection, at the Northwestern State University Library. I added dates to the photos where dates were available, and details where details were available. Any input is welcome and appreciated on any of these photos.
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First, it was Keatchie Female College, located in northern DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. The college opened in the mid-1800s and remained a college until 1912. Some time soon after this, the primary college buildings were utilized as the public grade school for the area, educating students grades K-12.
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Every single time I see Toro Bayou (aka Toro Creek), I feel like I am either watching some cinematic production or looking through the pages of a story book. It is dreamy, it is surreal. It is a playground for a photographer!
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Recently, we shared a photo of a keen old home in DeSoto Parish. The photo, of a once majestic home in Keachie which is still quite charming in its own way, had been taken earlier this month by Wanda Williams. Williams captured the photo while she was in the area on Super Bowl weekend, shared it with us. I knew the house was special… I had seen it and admired it for, oh, almost 20 years… And I have watched it fall into sad disrepair over the last many years (the states of disrepair of the house becoming progressively worse in rapid motion over the last two or three or four years). The roof of this historic property was recently renovated by our friends over at blueladderroofingindy.com which had done my fathers roof a few years ago. But I did not expect the interest this photo of the house would quickly grab
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I admit the following: I recently visited the Grand Ecore Visitor Center in Natchitoches Parish primarily to see the big old whale skeleton and the super high bluff looking towards the Red River.
But I saw so much more. Though the view and the big old whale definitely were my favorites.
Without further adieu, following are some photos from a guide that appears to be from the 1940s featuring Leesville, Louisiana (Vernon Parish).
Continue reading “Photos from a 1940s informational guide promoting Leesville, Louisiana”
Reverend A. N. Backus dreamed of it.
Wealthy planter T. M. Gatlin provided financial backing and donated the land on which to build it.
And in 1857, it officially opened its doors.
Continue reading “On this site stood a female college…”
While searching for something totally unrelated at the Sabine Parish Library, I came across rather fascinating articles on a local fisherman who apparently has been quite the celebrity in the fishing world.
The first article is from The Shreveport Times, entitled “The Quiet Champion” and dated June 2004; while the second is from Louisiana Conservationist, entitled “The Best of the Bass Anglers” and dated September 1981.
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In West Central Louisiana, in the middle of a 225-acre man-made lake at a State Park named Hodges Gardens, there stands a remarkable, gigantic house… seeming deserted, empty and lonely. Atop the peak of an island, the house seems to stand proudly as testament to its once glory, and yet simultaneously slouching, a bit ashamed of the shape it is now in.
