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There are 5 incorporated communities in Bossier parish. Bossier City Haughton Plain Dealing Shreveport |
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Unincorporated areas of interest in the parish include Adner, Antrim, Badcou, Barksdale, Bellevue, Blenheim, Bolinger, Caplis, Carterville, Curtis, Ferguson, Fillmore, Hinkle, Hughes, Ivan, Linton, Koran, Mayer, Midway, Morris, Mott,Oakland, Princeton, Princeton Post Office, Red Chute, Redland, Rocky Mount, Vanceville, Ward View and Willow Chute, Areas of interest include Barksdale Airforce Base, Louisiana Downs, Bodcau Recreation Area, Cypress-Black Bayou Recreation Area, Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area, Lake Bistineau. Bossier Parish is also the home of the famed Louisiana Hayride country music show. |
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Bossier Chamber of Commerce 710 Benton Road Bossier City 318-746-0252 |
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Bodcau Wildlife Management Area Dogwood B. S. A. Camp Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant Red River Research Station L.S.U. |
Caney Bayou Clarke Bayou Cypress Bayou Cypress Bayou Reservoir Lake Bistineau Red Chute Bayou Red River |
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Bossier Shed Road |
History | |
| 1805 |
When the Territory of Orleans is divided into counties the present-day Bossier Parish is part of Natchitoches. |
| 1843 |
Bossier Parish is established, carved out of Natchitoches Parish. The parish seat is in Fredonia, but before the end of the year the town's name is changed to Society Hill, then to Bellevue. The parish is named after Pierre Evariste Bossier, a member of Congress who is a descendant of an early settler of Natchitoches. General Bossier, a Democrat had a famous duel with General Galennie of Cloutierville, a Whig. Bossier won, killing his rival, though he did not fire the first shot, but later his fortunes fell and he committed suicide. |
| 1843 |
The parish seat is moved to Benton, a boom town on the Cotton Belt Railroad |
| 1860 November 26 |
Community leaders in Rocky Mount hold a pig roast, inviting locals to discuss the Election of Abraham Lincoln and States Rights. They decided that the state should secede from the Union, making it the Birthplace of Secession. More than 800 soldiers of the Confederate army will come from Bossier Parish. |
| 1874 November 26 |
Judge John W. Watkins builds the Shed Road, a covered road nine miles long that crossed river bottom-lands that muddied in rainy weather. Though it had a toll the Shed Road was a huge success. |
| 1974 November 26 |
Louisiana Downs racetrack is built in Bossier City |
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Education |
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Director - Louis Covington 2206 Becket St. Bossier City, LA 70802 Email - admin@pelican.state.lib.la.us 7 Branches - Technical services, Henry L Aulds Memorial, Benton, East 80 Branch, Haughton, Koran Station,Plain Dealing Branch Dean Virginia Bryan 2719 Airline Dr. Bossier City, LA 71111 American Library Directory 1999-2000, R. R. Bowker |
