History
Red River Campaign
In the 1864 Red River Campaign, Union troops attempted but failed to surround Confederate forces in northwestern Louisiana.
Caddo
Caddo Index
Geography
Red River Raft
The Great Raft was a thousand-year-old logjam in the Red River that prevented transportation downriver to New Orleans.
History
Reverse Freedom Rides
In 1962 and 1963 white Citizens’ Councils organized “Reverse Freedom Rides,” parodying the Civil Rights Movement’s Freedom Rides by providing one-way tickets for Black Americans to northern and western cities.
Sports & Recreation
Robert Parish
Shreveport native Robert Parish was the calm, collected, confident center on the Boston Celtics NBA championship teams in the 1980s.
Archaeology
San Patrice Culture
This entry covers the San Patrice culture during the Late Paleoindian and Early Archaic Periods, 8800–6000 BCE.
History
Shed Road
The South's first all-weather turnpike was Louisiana's most unique road, built in the 1870s in Bossier Parish.
7.10 k. Shreve Town Company
The Shreve Town Company was a business venture that led to the establishment of what is today known as Shreveport, the largest city in northwest Louisiana.
Business & Industry
Shreve Town Company
The Shreve Town Company was a for-profit business venture that led to the establishment of what is today known as Shreveport, the largest city in northwest Louisiana.
Business & Industry
Singer Submarine Company
The Singer Submarine Company operated a naval yard on the banks of Cross Bayou that built five Confederate submarines, four of which were sunk before seeing combat.
History
Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Chartered in 1880, Southern University is a Historically Black College and University that today offers more than thirty academic programs.
Disasters
SS Kentucky Disaster
On June 9, 1865, the SS Kentucky capsized in the Red River south of Shreveport, marking the second deadliest inland maritime disaster in US history.
History
St. Paul’s Bottoms
St. Paul’s Bottoms, a red-light district in Shreveport, was an experiment in controlled vice.
