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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26N9_central-louisiana-chamber-of-commerce-100th-anniversary_Alexandria-LA.html
The Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce was founded on March 30, 1914 at the Hotel Bentley by 250 business and professional leaders to foster unity and opportunity for the region.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPNN_the-guaranty-eagles_Alexandria-LA.html
Carved of Indiana limestone, originally a part of the Guaranty Bank Building constructed in 1921. Salvaged in 1965 during a major building remodeling, and returned to Guaranty in 1981.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPNM_st-francis-xavier-cathedral-complex_Alexandria-LA.html
When Poste du Rapides was established in Pineville the Catholic mission of St. Louis des Apalachees was founded. Mass was said in private homes in the new town of Alexandria. A chapel built in 1817 was the first church of any denomination in this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPNL_red-river_Alexandria-LA.html
Side ATwenty-seven miles southeast of Tucumcari, New Mexico, Red River originates in the watershed of the Frio Draw on the Llano Estacado at an elevation of about 5000 feet. Flowing eastward through Palo Duro Canyon, it subsequently forms the bord…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPNK_rapides-parish-governors_Alexandria-LA.html
Four 19th century Rapides Parish residents served Louisiana as governor.
Joseph Marshall Walker (1784-1856), a Bayou Rapides cotton planter, was governor 1850-53 — the first to be installed in the newly-designated Baton Rouge capital. Dur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPNJ_old-rapides-bank-building_Pineville-LA.html
This structure was built on property that once belonged to Alexander Fulton. He had acquired it at the end of the 18th century from Marguerite Cecile Christophe Varrangue. Various persons occupied this site until it was acquired by Rapides Bank in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPNI_the-hotel-bentley_Alexandria-LA.html
The hotel was built in 1907-1908 by Joseph A. Bentley, prominent lumberman and businessman. Bentley came to Central Louisiana from Pennsylvania to engage in the sawmill business and the cutting of the virgin pine forest which was the first serious…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPNH_louisiana-maneuvers_Alexandria-LA.html
In 1940 Lt. Gen. Stanley D. Embrick of the U.S. Army Fourth Corps Area, Atlanta, Ga., selected central Louisiana as site of training maneuvers to prepare American forces for possible involvement in war in Europe. Louisiana's 1941 maneuvers were th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPNG_emmanuel-baptist-church_Alexandria-LA.html
The Alexandria and Pineville Baptist Church was organized in Pineville, Louisiana, on September 6, 1881, with twelve charter members. The name of the Church was changed to Emmanuel Baptist Church on March 30, 1892. In 1897, a wooden Sanctuary at F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPNF_commercial-building_Alexandria-LA.html
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior