Setting fire to the sugar cane fields after harvest ensures the grounds are prepared for the next season when planting and fertilizing begins in the spring. The fire burns away leftover debris and leaves from the harvested cane. I intended…
Although the Civil War ended almost 150 years ago, the War Between the States continues to fascinate scholars, military history savants and ordinary folks whose ancestors played some role in that great American drama. To Stephen Ellis, who lives with…
New business ripples through the state
The world’s largest Ronald Reagan statue watches over Tammany Trace.
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…
The base for many local favorite dishes is grown and manufactured right here.
The Red River Campaign
Benjamin Butler’s Occupation of New Orleans
Then and Now at Fort St. Jean
Regional Reports
Ferriday’s Delta Music Museum
Port Hudson among most important Civil War Sites
This Ferriday artist draws cartoons with pots and pans. By John R. Kemp
NORTH LOUISIANA • July 13-21. Ruston Community Theatre “The King & I.” 212 N. Vienna, Ruston. (318) 255-1450. • July 13-14. Shop Til You Drop Arts, Craft & Gift Show. Bossier Civic Center, Bossier City. (318) 470-6714. •…
Chatham Roberdeau Wheat
LOUISIANA'S 4 HALL OF FAMERS
Regional Reports from across Louisiana
Although the Skirmish was Small, the Written Account was Provocative
A compendium of what’s hot and what’s not in Louisiana
We did not know that there was a ferry ahead, but since the alternative was to take a 150-mile detour to catch I-10, the ferry was welcomed; besides, ferries are more scenic than an interstate. For all the endangered species…
Natchitoches Parish nature preserve has her name.
