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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26VE_700-block-main-street_Pineville-LA.html
Much business was done in the 700 block and many prominent businessmen who worked here represented their fellows in government. Dr. George S. Long, former dentist and brother to governors Huey and Earl Long, served as a United States Congressman. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26R6_200-block-of-main-street_Pineville-LA.html
The 200 block of Main Street was the location of both the second Pineville post office in 1885 housed in David's Store, and the 1927 City Hall, located where Hank's Pawn Shop now stands,1917: Frank Smith opened Pineville Marble and Granite Works c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26QG_the-rotary-club-of-alexandria-louisiana_Alexandria-LA.html
The Rotary Club of Alexandria, LouisianaWas chartered December 1, 1916. It is the fourth oldest club in Louisiana and the 259th in the Rotary world.As of 2007, there were over 32,000 clubs in 200 countries with more than 1,200,000 members.Rotary I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26PJ_pierson-lake_Pineville-LA.html
This lake is named in honor forDr. Clarence PiersonBenefactor of the mentally ill in Louisiana Superintendent of the Central Louisiana State Hospital 19051928-1934
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26OI_pineville-river-front-trail_Pineville-LA.html
City of AlexandriaThe first merchant to locate in what is now Alexandria was Edmund Murphy, Irish trader, who opened a trading post where Bayou Rapides meets the Red River. He later received a land grant where the city of Pineveille now stands. So…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26OG_kolin-czech-colony_Pineville-LA.html
In 1908, the Bohemian Colonization Club was begun by J. Rosicky, publisher & editor of the Hospodář, to establish family centered Czech colonies. In 1912, Wesly Wosterchil, Frank Zumpfe, and J. Sobotka located 21,000 acres of cut-over pinela…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26NX_alexander-fulton-park_Alexandria-LA.html
Alexandria City HallsAlexandria's first city hall, built in 1860, was one of the few buildings not burned in 1864 when the town was razed by federal troops during the Civil War's Red River campaign. However, the building's 20-foot wide sidewalk wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26NW_edwin-epps-house_Alexandria-LA.html
Completed in 1852 and owned by Edwin Epps, a former overseer of Oakland Plantation, the Edwin Epps House is located where LSU Alexandria stands today. This single story Creole cottage was originally built on Bayou Boeuf near Holmesville in Avoyell…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26NV_smiths-landing_Lecompte-LA.html
A trading post developed at this site on Bayou Boeuf in the early nineteenth century was known as White's Landing. The landing was well used, but the bayou was an unreliable means of transportation for planters to get their crops to market due to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26NU_epps-house_Alexandria-LA.html
Constructed in 1852 for the Edwin Epps' family, this single story Creole cottage was originally located on Bayou Boeuf near Holmesville in Avoyelles Parish. Relocated to Bunkie, LA in 1976, the house was moved to the LSUA campus in 1999 and recons…
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