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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MV4_lynn-plantation_Belcher-LA.html
The plantation was established in 1914 by James Wiley Lynn with the purchase of property from the Cavett family. The plantation home, the cotton gin and the blacksmith shop were built by Mr. Lynn in 1928. The renovated dogtrot style home, the barn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MV3_cedar-bluff-ferry_Belcher-LA.html
Cedar Bluff Ferry was one of the ferries on the Red River between Bossier and Caddo Parishes in the 19th and early 20th century. It operated until the early 1950s when a bridge was built to the north for Highway 2. It ran from Cedar Bluff in Bossi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MUG_first-state-bank-of-belcher_Belcher-LA.html
The First State bank of Belcher was organized in 1913. The present brick building was designed by the architect Edward F. Neild of Shreveport and built in 1924. The First State Bank later became Caddo Trust & Savings Bank the Belcher Masonic Lodge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MUF_the-ruben-v-glassell-house_Belcher-LA.html
The original house was built in 1899 by Ruben V. Glassell, a planter, and his wife Vivian. It faced west and had a center hall in the dogtrot style. Around 1910 interior columns and porches on the south and east sides were added, and the south sid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MUE_belcher-presbyterian-church_Belcher-LA.html
Belcher Presbyterian Church was organized on July 18, 1897, as the Red River Presbyterian Church. The congregation met in a vacant store building on Rush Point Plantation where services were held until 1900, when a one room frame building was erec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MUD_belcher-mound_Belcher-LA.html
A Caddo mound and village dating between approximately 1450 & 1650 A.D. were located northeast of Belcher. The mound consisted of a series of platforms that contained houses or meeting places for the village leaders. The houses were burned periodi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MUC_louisiana-maneuvers-led-by-general-patton_Belcher-LA.html
During the Louisiana Maneuvers of 1941, the U.S. Army and Air Corps divided itself into two opposing armies for practice for possible war in Europe. Among the noted commanders in the maneuvers, was General George S. Patton. His mechanized armored …