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Author | : John Agan |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2000-08-28 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 143962772X |
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Although Webster Parish was not founded until 1871, the settlement of the area began as early as 1818 in southern parts of the parish as well as in areas east of the parishs lifeline, Dorcheat Bayou. The town of Minden had been the economic center of the old Claiborne Parish since the 1840s and would go on to become the seat of Webster Parish. While Minden and the southern part of the parish had a varied economic base and a relatively slow and steady growth, the northern end of the parish experienced a much different pattern of expansion. Settlement in the areas of Springhill and Cotton Valley did not begin in large scale until the arrival of the railroad around 1900, but the timber industry and the oil boom caused these areas to develop rapidly. Pictures of the growth emerging from the Cotton Valley Oil Field and the presence of International Paper in Springhill give the reader a glimpse of how northern Webster Parish emerged during the twentieth century. Additional photographs of people, homes, and businesses throughout the parish complete the story of life in a long-ago era, a time marked by a growing prosperity in a young and optimistic America.
Author | : Tommie Blunt O'Bier |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Webster Parish (La.) |
ISBN | : 9780962696510 |
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Author | : Webster Parish (La.). Planning Board |
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Total Pages | : 91 |
Release | : 1944 |
Genre | : Webster Parish (La.) |
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Author | : Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, inc |
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Total Pages | : 11 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Louisiana |
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Author | : Coordinating & Development Council of Northwest Louisiana |
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Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Housing |
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Total Pages | : 60 |
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Author | : Webster Parish (La.). Police Jury |
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Total Pages | : 39 |
Release | : 1904* |
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Author | : Mountain Press |
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Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : Webster Parish (La.) |
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Author | : John A. Agan |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738523880 |
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The beautiful historic town of Minden is tucked up in the pine-filled hills of northern Louisiana. Established by Charles Hanse Veeder in 1835, a third-generation German-American originally from upstate New York, Minden rapidly earned a reputation as a town of unique character, aided by the Minden Academy and the early introduction of the Methodist, Baptist, and Episcopalian religions. After Veeder left the town, the hearty settlers remained to foster Minden's growth and development. Although the seat of Webster Parish today, Minden has faced expansion fluctuations, caused by natural disaster and economic hardship, but followed by ambitious industrial endeavors and renewed hope. Minden thrived commercially, with economic gain centralized in Bayou Dorcheat, which was composed of separate landings acting as shipping points for goods coming from much of northern Louisiana. Industries like cotton farming and the Minden Lumber Mill, formed in 1901 as one of the largest mills in the United States at the time, caused the town's population to nearly double in just ten years. Under the leadership of great men like E.S. Richardson, Minden also became a model for other towns of similar size in the field of education. At the same time, disastrous fires, a catastrophic tornado, and the devastation of the steamboat trade on Bayou Dorcheat by the coming of the railroad challenged the community in the ever-changing twentieth century.
Author | : John Agan |
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Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Louisiana |
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