North Caddo Parish - Couverture souple

Collier, Sam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0738552828 ISBN 13 : 9780738552828

Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2007

Synopsis

Today three towns and five villages are located in north Caddo Parish, while the memories of 10 historic communities remain strong.

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Author Sam Collier is a retired army officer and aerospace engineer. He currently serves as a board director of the Historical Society of North Caddo and has held the position for 10 years, serving as its president for six years prior. In 2000, he self-published the first history written specifically about the area: Terrapin Neck, Frog Level, Horseshoe, Historic Northern Caddo Parish, Louisiana, Volume I.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0738552828
• ISBN 13: 9780738552828
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible