Louisiana Life - May/June 2014

The Battles of the Mooringsport Bridge

Anything that is 100 years old usually has at least two histories; one about its origin and another about its survival. Take, for example, the Caddo Lake “Vertical Lift” Drawbrige in Mooringsport, a dozen miles south of Shreveport. In 1914…

Buddy in the Spotlight

A Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer unexpectedly shows up at the farm in the middle of a storm, and the family dog steals the show.

Business News

Corporate investments pump up Louisiana’s economy.

Brew To Do

Louisiana’s craft beer industry bubbles to life

Net Gains

SHRIMPING INDUSTRY FLOURISHES DESPITE PROBLEMS

Events and Highlights

NorthSteamboating in Columbia On a natural crossing of the beautiful Ouachita River, the town of Columbia, seat of Caldwell Parish, was founded in 1827. The river is named for the Ouachita Native Indians; the word Washita is an Indian word…