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Catfish Hotel in Shreveport, Louisiana.
title
Catfish Hotel in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Hotels, Prints, Frontier & pioneer life
Abstract
Color print, date unknown. The Catfish Hotel." The Catfish Hotel catered to a clientele of hardy pioneers, rivermen, and cattlemen. It was located on the edge of the Red River on the location of present day Spring Street in Shreveport's wholesale district."-written on back of image.
Two frontiersmen by a stream
title
Two frontiersmen by a stream
Subject
Illustrations, Frontier & pioneer life, Men, Rifles, Lightning, Fire
Date created ms
1860, 1899
Abstract
Illustration of two frontiersmen at the bank of a stream, pointing across to a burning tree set afire by a bolt of lightning.
Letter by Baron of Carondelet, including his suggestions for reinforcing settlements and cessioning Natchez from 1796.
title
Letter by Baron of Carondelet, including his suggestions for reinforcing settlements and cessioning Natchez from 1796.
Subject
Correspondence, Carondelet, Luis Hector, baron de, 1748-1807, Governors, Pioneers, Frontier & pioneer life, Settlements, Indians of North America, United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana
Date Issued
1796-06-30
Abstract
Text, June 30, 1796. The United States vs. King & Coxe. The following letter is a true copy of the letters, written entirely by hand of the Baron of Carondelet. No. VI. pp. 96,97. New Orleans, June 30, 1796. Letter by Baron of Carondelet, including his suggestions for reinforcing settlements and cessioning Natchez.
Correspondence from J. Brooks to John H. Eaton concerning the Native Americans living in Caddo Parish in 1831.
title
Correspondence from J. Brooks to John H. Eaton concerning the Native Americans living in Caddo Parish in 1831.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Caddo Indians, Indian agents, Indian encampments, Indians of North America, Droughts, Eaton, John Henry, 1790-1856, Frontier & pioneer life, Pioneers
Date Issued
1831-01-17
Abstract
Text, January 17, 1831. Correspondence from J. Brooks to John H. Eaton, Secretary of War, concerning the Native Americans of Caddo Parish. A new location for the Indian Agency House, livestock killings by the Texas tribes Anadaco and Ioni, and the general safety of the frontier and pioneers are discussed.
History of the Catholic Church in Northwest Louisiana, specifically in DeSoto Parish, dated 1929.
title
History of the Catholic Church in Northwest Louisiana, specifically in DeSoto Parish, dated 1929.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Catholic churches, Catholicism, Frontier & pioneer life, Pioneers, Forests, Christmas, Rites & ceremonies, Religious orders, Bishops, Nuns, Convents, Monks, Missions, Fires
Date Issued
1929-04-28
Abstract
Text, April 28, 1929. Temporary Church Home in DeSoto Parish will be Dedicated Sunday; Is Erected on Historic Location. History of the Catholic Church in Northwest Louisiana, specifically in DeSoto Parish. Pioneer accounts of missions and churches are discussed along with early Louisiana bishops and their works. Published in the Shreveport Times.
New establishment erected for a permanent location within the Indian Territory to protect the Indians from the continued complaints of the frontier whites in Caddo Parish by the Indian Agent of Red River in 1831.
title
New establishment erected for a permanent location within the Indian Territory to protect the Indians from the continued complaints of the frontier whites in Caddo Parish by the Indian Agent of Red River in 1831.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Caddo Indians, Indians of North America, Indian agents, Buffaloes, Winter, Frontier & pioneer life, Pioneers
Date Issued
1831-02-16.
Abstract
Text, February 16, 1831. New establishment erected for a permanent location within the Indian Territory to protect the Indians from the continued complaints of the frontier whites in Caddo Parish by the Indian Agent of Red River.
Letter to Colonel Mamia of Fort Jesup from Charles Sewall, Caddo Indian Agent, in regard to General Ruske of the Texan Army's invasion of Caddo Indian territory near Shreveport, Louisiana in 1838.
title
Letter to Colonel Mamia of Fort Jesup from Charles Sewall, Caddo Indian Agent, in regard to General Ruske of the Texan Army's invasion of Caddo Indian territory near Shreveport, Louisiana in 1838.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Caddo Indians, Sewall, Charles, Firearms, Surrenders, Armies, Frontier & pioneer life, Boundaries, Generals, Indian agents
Date Issued
1838-11-26
Abstract
Text, November 26, 1838. Letter to Colonel Mamia of Fort Jesup from Charles Sewall, Caddo Indian Agent, in regard to General Ruske of the Texan Army's invasion of Caddo Indian territory near Shreveport, Louisiana. The Caddo are being forced to give up their firearms and surrender to a party other than the United States government.
Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Mobile, to Estevan Miro, New Orleans
title
Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Mobile, to Estevan Miro, New Orleans
Subject
Miro, Esteban, 1744-1795, Governors, Louisiana, Frontier & pioneer life, Louisiana, History, To 1803, Spain, Colonies, North America, Spain, Foreign relations, Indians of North America, Commerce
Date created ms
1787-05-22
Abstract
Letter from Favrot discussing information received from three Native Americans regarding American and French traders.
Marie-Francoise Gerard Favrot, Baton Rouge, to Josephine Favrot, New Orleans
title
Marie-Francoise Gerard Favrot, Baton Rouge, to Josephine Favrot, New Orleans
Subject
Favrot family, Frontier & pioneer life, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865
Date created ms
1810-04-25
Abstract
Letter discussing family news
Instructions issued by Francisco Luis Hector, Baron De Carondelet, concerning food rations for patients in the hospital at Plaquemines
title
Instructions issued by Francisco Luis Hector, Baron De Carondelet, concerning food rations for patients in the hospital at Plaquemines
Subject
Hospital patients, Diet, Frontier & pioneer life, Spain, Colonies, North America
Date created ms
1793-06-08
Abstract
List of daily rations provided to hospital patients in Plaquemines.
Jose de Galvez, Marques de Sonora, El Pardo, to Bernardo de Galvez, Conde de Galvez, Mexico
title
Jose de Galvez, Marques de Sonora, El Pardo, to Bernardo de Galvez, Conde de Galvez, Mexico
Subject
Galvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786, Miro, Esteban, 1744-1795, Governors, Louisiana, Frontier & pioneer life, Louisiana, History, To 1803, Loyalty oaths, Spain, Colonies, North America, Spain, Foreign relations
Date created ms
1786-04-05
Abstract
Letter from Jose de Galvez directing Bernardo de Galvez to allow British and American settlers to leave the Louisiana and Florida territory.
L.M. Schuetz, early settlers
title
L.M. Schuetz, early settlers
Subject
Frontier & pioneer life, Tents, Outdoor cookery
Date created ms
1910
Abstract
Digital image of a small group cooking outside of a tent.
Frontiersmen scouting a forest cabin
title
Frontiersmen scouting a forest cabin
Subject
Illustrations, Cabins, Frontier & pioneer life, Rifles
Date created ms
1860, 1899
Abstract
Illustration of a night scene with six buckskin-clad frontiersmen with rifles stalking a cabin.
Narrative of a Journey down the Ohio and Mississippi in 1789-90 by Maj. Samuel S. Forman with a memoir and illustrative notes by Lyman C. Draper as published in 1888.
title
Narrative of a Journey down the Ohio and Mississippi in 1789-90 by Maj. Samuel S. Forman with a memoir and illustrative notes by Lyman C. Draper as published in 1888.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Travel, Ocean travel, Rivers, Ships, Frontier & pioneer life
Date Issued
1888
Abstract
Text, date unknown. Narrative of a Journey down the Ohio and Mississippi in 1789-90 by Maj. Samuel S. Forman with a memoir and illustrative notes by Lyman C. Draper as published in 1888. This document describes the travel from New Orleans to Philadelphia Pennsylvania by traveling by ship around the Florida peninsula.
Description of log rolling parties in central Louisiana communities.
title
Description of log rolling parties in central Louisiana communities.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Federal Writers' Project, Lumber industry, Lumber, Loggers, Fire, Banquets, Eating & drinking, Frontier & pioneer life, Pioneers, Clearing of land, Land use
Date Issued
1936-04-23
Abstract
Text, April 23, 1936. Notes on Early Community Life. "Log Rollings." The events were held each spring and great feasts were made for the many guests. Fires were lit from cut logs and the flames signaled to the neighbors that the "clearing" on this homestead would be ready to "break" for the first crop on the land.
Arugument and description of the exploration of the Mississippi River and Louisiana by Franciscan Friar Father Hennepin and the French Robert la Salle circa 1680.
title
Arugument and description of the exploration of the Mississippi River and Louisiana by Franciscan Friar Father Hennepin and the French Robert la Salle circa 1680.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Discovery & exploration, Frontier & pioneer life, Pioneers, Clergy, Mississippi River, Missionaries, Fraud, Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent, La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687
Date Issued
1748, 1846
Abstract
Text, date unknown. Early Western Travels 1748-1845, Thwaites, XIX, The Arthur H. Clark Company. Father Hennkpin's Claims. Description of exploration of the Mississippi River and Louisiana by Franciscan Friar Father Hennepin and M. de la Salle circa 1680. An argument against Hennepin's claim of discovering the mouth of the Mississippi River and discusses other of Hennepin's contemporaries.
Pierre-Joseph Neyon de Villiers, Fort Chartres, to Jean-Jacques-Blaise D'Abbadie
title
Pierre-Joseph Neyon de Villiers, Fort Chartres, to Jean-Jacques-Blaise D'Abbadie
Subject
Abbadie, Jean-Jacques-Blaise d', 1726-1765, Declosseaux, Jean-Baptiste-Claude Bobe, Fort Chartres (Ill.), Frontier & pioneer life, Indians of North America, Mississippi River Valley, History, To 1803
Date created ms
1764-03-13
Abstract
Letter discussing a new settlement to be built, rumors regarding English troops, and relations with Native Americans.
An Account of the Red River in Louisiana, Drawn up from the returns of Thomas Freeman & Peter Custis, to the War Office of the United States who explored the same in the year 1806.
title
Account of the Red River in Louisiana, Drawn up from the returns of Thomas Freeman & Peter Custis, to the War Office of the United States who explored the same in the year 1806.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Rivers, Travel, Frontier & pioneer life, Pioneers, Floods, Indians of North America, Caddo Indians
Date Issued
1806
Abstract
Text, 1806. An Account of the Red River in Louisiana, Drawn up from the returns of Thomas Freeman & Peter Custis, to the War Office of the United States who explored the same in the year 1806. The party consisted of Thomas Freeman, surveyor; Peter Custis, botanist and historian; Captain Sparks and Lieutenant Humphreys, two non-commissioned officers; seventeen private soldiers and a black servant. The natural environment is described in detail.
History and description of Evergreen, Louisiana from the 1930s.
title
History and description of Evergreen, Louisiana from the 1930s.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Pioneers, Frontier & pioneer life, City & town life, Methodist churches, Schools
Date Issued
1930, 1939
Abstract
Text, circa 1930s. Evergreen. History and description of Evergreen, Louisiana.
Narrative of a Journey down the Ohio and Mississippi in 1789-90 by Maj. Samuel S. Forman with a memoir and illustrative notes by Lyman C. Draper as published in 1888.
title
Narrative of a Journey down the Ohio and Mississippi in 1789-90 by Maj. Samuel S. Forman with a memoir and illustrative notes by Lyman C. Draper as published in 1888.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Discovery & exploration, Explorers, Indians of North America, Indian interpreters, Guides & scouts, Frontier & pioneer life, Governors, Mississippi River
Date Issued
1888
Abstract
Text, date unknown. Narrative of a Journey down the Ohio and Mississippi in 1789-90 by Maj. Samuel S. Forman with a memoir and illustrative notes by Lyman C. Draper. Published in Cincinnati by Robert Clark & Co. in 1888. The narrative includes a large section dedicated to the town of Natchez, Louisiana in 1789-1790.

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