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The Fountain on the “Dixie Overland Highway” near Stubbs Plantation

By Luke J. Letlow on May 16, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

The Naming of Boeuf River

By Luke J. Letlow on February 22, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Remembering Mrs. Mary Mhoon (Noble) Ball, of Charlieville (1918-1993) – AUDIO

By Luke J. Letlow on January 1, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Train Derails, Falls Into Boeuf River Near Girard, (ca., 1940)

By Luke J. Letlow on December 25, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Remembering Ken Booth (1943-2019)

By Luke J. Letlow on December 23, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

1814 Map of Louisiana. Boeuf River Labeled As “Ox River”

By Luke J. Letlow on June 19, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

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Interactive Map of Richland – Places, Schools, Churches…

By Luke J. Letlow on August 15, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Interactive Map of Richland – Places, Schools, Churches. Map with locations of schools, churches, bayous, streams, ponds, place names, etc. and a Map Showing Place Names Which Were Submitted By Local Richland Parish Residents

Alto Presbyterian Church Officially Listed on La’s Most Endangered List

By Luke J. Letlow on June 8, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Excerpts from the Memoirs of C.C. Davenport on the NW Section of Richland Parish (Girard and Crew Lake)

By Luke J. Letlow on June 8, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

From the memoirs of C.C. Davenport, concerning the areas of Richland Parish formerly part of the Morehouse Section See Full Memoirs Here …To continue my Memoirs of the early settlement of Morehouse… Read More

Map of the Streets of Rayville, ca., 1944

By Luke J. Letlow on May 28, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Show Streets of Rayville in 1944

Johnny Letlow: Bronze Turkeys New Interest, ca., 1960

By Luke J. Letlow on May 17, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

From the 4-H files… back in 1960 Now here’s a guy I know pretty well. Don’t think I knew dad raised a cow and some turkeys when he was 15 though! –… Read More

To the Grads of 2020, Meet the Graduating Class of 1927

By Luke J. Letlow on May 17, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

The City high school annual class play, which is ready an institution, will perhaps have to be abandoned this year and consequently there is a feeling generally of disappointment.

The Fountain on the “Dixie Overland Highway” near Stubbs Plantation

By Luke J. Letlow on May 16, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

There has been much discussion over the years about a mysterious well made of stone located on US Hwy 80 on the east side of Ouachita Parish. If you’re traveling east leaving Monroe, it can be seen

Minutes of the Bayou Macon 1st-Annual Session, ca., 1870

By Luke J. Letlow on April 13, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Minutes of the Bayou Macon 1st-Annual Session, ca., 1870

Yellow Fever, Smallpox Epidemic in Delhi, ca.,1895

By Luke J. Letlow on April 13, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The following was written in the March 16, 1895 Beacon. Interesting to note the attention given to propaganda and fear, as it relates to making life decisions…

Remembering Former Richland Parish Sheriff, Mark A. Cooper (1916-1924)

By Luke J. Letlow on March 23, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

His lifelong occupation was that of planter in addition to having been engaged in business and having served in public office. He was an elder in the Rayville Presbyterian Church and was a past Worshipful Master of the R. F. McGuire Masonic Lodge of Rayville and a Shriner…

The Quarantine of 1930 in Richland Parish for Infantile Paralysis

By Luke J. Letlow on March 14, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

As one might expect, there was more than a fair share of opponents, including the editor of the Richland Beacon-News. Here’s an editorial that ran, questioning the wisdom and need for quarantine.

Black History Month: Elvin Hayes reflects on how culture has changed

By Luke J. Letlow on February 24, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Hayes was shy, introverted and extremely close to his mother. He knew leaving for Texas would be tough. Even the car ride to get from his home in Rayville, Louisiana to the University of Houston was terrifying.

“A World Apart” – A Photographic Journal of Richland Parish

By Luke J. Letlow on February 23, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

From the blog, “A World Apart, A World Within”

Photo: Crew Lake Train Station/Depot, ca., 1927 Flood

By Luke J. Letlow on February 23, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Photo: Delhi Depot, ca., 1966

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Photo: The Train Depot at Girard

By Luke J. Letlow on February 23, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Photos: The Train Depot at Rayville, ca., 1930s

By Luke J. Letlow on February 23, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

“The Beale Family Settles on Clear Lake” as told by Mr. Ernest Cook, ca., 1965

By Luke J. Letlow on February 23, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

“The Beale Family Settles on Clear Lake” as told by Mr. Ernest Cook, ca., 1965 in “By the Boeuf with Beth” ….Mr. Ernest Cook and his wife of Baton Rouge came back… Read More

“Etier’s Bend” as remembered by Will Etier, ca., 1964

By Luke J. Letlow on February 23, 2020 • ( 3 Comments )

Seated by the open fireplace where a log burned slowly, we sipped black coffee Mrs. Etier had served us. Mr. Etier spieled off some French and momentarily I felt like I was in south Louisiana….

“The Scott Family and the Scott-Wright Ford” as remembered by Yorkie O’Neal, ca., 1963

By Luke J. Letlow on February 23, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

“I know, our grandfather, Ruben Scott, came here in the 1830s from North Carolina. He was with a group that banded together and came south. They stopped in Arkansas, and a Scott went to Natchez, Miss., and a Jones went on to New Orleans.”

Members of the R.F. McGuire Lodge, No. 209, in 1903

By Luke J. Letlow on February 23, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

R.F. McGuire Lodge No. 209, Chartered February 15th, 1871

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Maps »

Map of the Streets of Rayville, ca., 1944

The Big Creek-Boeuf River Country Before 1843 (By Bennie McLain Hixon, ca.,1959)

The Fafar Grant & Early Marriages in Present-Day Richland Parish

Podcasts »

Remembering Mrs. Evelyn Griffis Cochran (1919-1996) – AUDIO Included

Remembering Former Longtime Rayville Mayor, Joe Kalil (1922-1996) – AUDIO

Remembering Harry Wayne Addison (1920-2003) – AUDIO

Notable Natives »

Judge William N. Potts (1841-1913) of Hudson, Potts & Bernstein, began his career in Rayville

William A. Beck, Sr., M.D., of Mangham (1893-1969) – “A Pioneer In Medicine”

Remembering Ken Booth (1943-2019)

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