Our stories · All Things Sabine

From our story collection · 2017

Forced landing in Sabine Parish cotton patch

After encountering engine trouble, This U. S. Army plane made a forced landing in a cotton farm (owned by Jesse McNeely) near current day Kites Landing on Toledo Bend. Shown standing by the plane is a Mrs. McNeely who is holding her daughter, June (later Alizzi). Standing by her is her son, Victor McNeely. The plane was from an Army base in San Antonio. This was big news when the plane landed here, and it stayed in the cotton patch for three weeks, when it was hauled away.

The places. The people.The stories that stay.

Forced landing in Sabine Parish cotton patch

Photos of Hodges Gardens State Park 1970s

Scanned slides of Hodges Gardens from 1970s

A Community Lost

Peavy Wilson Lumber Company of Peason Louisiana

Dangerous travel during the Louisiana Maneuvers

A Desperate Affray Handtohand duel in early Zwolle Louisiana

Zwolles Dairy Queen stands where once was located quite a regal hotel

Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company in Fisher Louisiana

From 1930 Converse bank funds taken by three bandits

The man who survived the Alamo I came to America to live not to die Moses Rose is buried in Logansport Louisiana

Hypnotic search for gold

The Home of the Woman Who Refused to Marry Ulysses S Grant

Efforts to save Hodges Gardens State Park from closure continue

Toledo Queen and Toledo Princess once graced the fresh new waters of Toledo Bend Lake

Before there was Glee there was Donald Glattly and the NSU College Singers

In 1950s Natchitoches Parish They hunted for buried treasure

The wedding cake from Hell A 19th century Shelby County murder episode still filled with mystery

Longview News Journal documents Toledo Bend Dam and power plant construction

Where there were bandits perhaps there is gold

One tough hombre Sheriff who tamed Tombstone Arizona and beyond had roots in Sabine Parish and Sabine County

Vernon Parish opal mine once eyed as tourism bonanza

Singer Jim Croce who died in plane crash in Natchitoches gave something to remember

Bitter Waters Round the Bend Tales from 1966 preToledo Bend Lake

The places. The people.
The stories that stay.