Category: Crew Lake (Bayou)

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

“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”

Harry W. Addison Narrates History of Richland Parish, ca. 1991 – AUDIO

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

Included in this oral history, which was recorded back in 1991, is a history of each community and the history of their names.

The Wynn Island Plantation, The First 150 Years

By Luke J. Letlow on September 27, 2012 • ( 9 Comments )

I recently came across an old printed copy of this story, and decided to transcribe it for interested readers. Many of the people mentioned as living are now deceased. The article was… Read More