Alto Presbyterian Church Officially Listed on La’s Most Endangered List
Luke J. Letlow
Winning the day since 1979. Politics, History, Travel, Writing.
From Start, Louisiana
Excerpts from the Memoirs of C.C. Davenport on the NW Section of Richland Parish (Girard and Crew Lake)
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
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Show Streets of Rayville in 1944
Johnny Letlow: Bronze Turkeys New Interest, ca., 1960
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
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
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
Minutes of the Bayou Macon 1st-Annual Session, ca., 1870
Yellow Fever, Smallpox Epidemic in Delhi, ca.,1895
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)
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
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
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
From the blog, “A World Apart, A World Within”
Photo: Crew Lake Train Station/Depot, ca., 1927 Flood
Photo: Delhi Depot, ca., 1966
Photo: The Train Depot at Girard
Photos: The Train Depot at Rayville, ca., 1930s
“The Beale Family Settles on Clear Lake” as told by Mr. Ernest Cook, ca., 1965
“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
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
“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
R.F. McGuire Lodge No. 209, Chartered February 15th, 1871
