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Natchitoches

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Natchitoches , city (1990 pop. 16,609), seat of Natchitoches parish, NW La.; inc. 1819. Its industry is centered on the production, processing, and shipping of lumber and farm products, including cotton, poultry, and cattle. There are also fish farms. The first permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase territory, Natchitoches was founded c.1714 as a French military and trading post. It served as the dividing line between French and Spanish territory. The city was an important port on the Red River until the river changed its course in the early 1800s (the riverbed has since filled and is... Read more
Kate O'Flaherty Chopin
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... American author, b. St. Louis. Of Creole-Irish descent, she married (1870) a Louisiana businessman and lived with him in Natchitoches parish and New Orleans. In these places she acquired an intimate knowledge of Creole and Cajun life, upon which she was to ... Read more
Athanase De Mézières y Clugny
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... Louisiana c.1733. When France ceded the territory to Spain he stayed on in the Spanish service. Made lieutenant governor of the Natchitoches dist. (1769), De Mézières, by judicious use of his control of the Native American trade and by tact, kindness, and patience ... Read more

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Floristics and management of pitcher plant bogs in northern Natchitoches and Winn Parishes, Louisiana.
The Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences; 1/1/2001; MacRoberts, Barbara R. MacRoberts, Michael H. Jackson, Lynn Stacey; 2964 words ; ... Kisatchie National Forest in northern Natchitoches and Winn parishes. These are the ... Louisiana; four are in northeastern Natchitoches Parish and four are in northwestern Winn Parish. Four bogs in Natchitoches Parish and three bogs in Winn ... Read more
Natchitoches, Louisiana.
U.S. News & World Report; 6/11/2007; Brandon, Emily; 332 words ; ... Roberts film Steel Magnolias is actually Natchitoches, La. Visitors and locals alike stroll ... overlooks Cane River Lake on the other. Natchitoches (say NACK-uh-tish), first settled by ... 57, who recently built a house in Natchitoches with his wife, Jennifer, after retiring ... Read more
Old times not forgotten: Natchitoches and the Cane River Country.(Special Advertising Supplement: Louisiana's Harmony: Africa, France, Spain & America)
American Visions; 2/1/1995; Chase, Henry; 1615 words ; ... River country lying between Derry and Natchitoches. Imagine a plantation culture where ... household of Louis Juchereau de St. Denis, Natchitoches' military commandant, Coincoin passed ... moment to stroll the cobbled streets of Natchitoches (pronounced Nak-i-tish ), which lies ... Read more
NATCHITOCHES FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
ABC Good Morning America; 12/4/1998; SPENCER CHRISTIAN, LISA McREE; 497 words ; ... for a meat pie. All morning long, Spencer has been in Natchitoches, Louisiana, home of the famous meat pies. For the ... Christmas, along with the Christmas Belles, and Miss Natchitoches, and some little Christmas angels. So Julia Higginbotham ... show. SPENCER CHRISTIAN: ... festive occasion here in ... Read more
Dimension Development Co., Natchitoches, Louisiana, a hotel management firm, selects Trend FX. Wichita, Kansas. (Supply Line).(Brief Article)
Hotels; 1/1/2003; 23 words ; Dimension Development Co., Natchitoches, Louisiana, a hotel management firm, selects Trend FX, Wichita, Kansas, for its revenue management system (RMS). Read more
SLC's best convene in Natchitoches with regional bid on the line.
Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX); 5/23/2007; 632 words ; Byline: Rush Wood May 23--NATCHITOCHES -- After grinding their way through a 56-game regular season, Lamar University's baseball Cardinals face the biggest grind of all ... Read more
Dimension Development Co., a hotel management firm, Natchitoches, Louisiana, selects Trend FX. (Supply Line).
Hotels; 11/1/2002; 24 words ; Dimension Development Co., a hotel management firm, Natchitoches, Louisiana, selects Trend FX, Wichita, Kansas, to provide its revenue management solution. Read more
Northwestern State University Honors Service Members During Military Appreciation Game ; Local Natchitoches Soldier Honored for Service in Iraq
U.S. Newswire; 9/29/2006; 326 words ; ... 202-828-8811, 703-963-9492 (cell), sarah.ryan@hqda.army.mil News Advisory: WHAT: Sgt. Jerod Ward of the Louisiana National Guard ... half-time. Game kick-off is at 6 p.m. WHERE: Turpin Stadium, Natchitoches, La. Contact Sarah Ryan at 703- 963-9492 for specific locations ... Read more
Tethered in time
Southern Living; 9/1/1999; Campbell, Dana Adkins; 1096 words ; ... balconies along Front Street in downtown Natchitoches. "Doesn't it look like New Orleans ... New Orleans thrive with time while Natchitoches stopped in it? Look to the Cane River ... and more than 20 bedand-breakfasts in Natchitoches and other communities along the Cane ... Read more
"Though their skin remains brown, I hope their souls will soon be white": slavery, French missionaries, and the Roman Catholic priesthood in the American South, 1789-1865 (1).
Church History; 6/1/2008; Pasquier, Michael; 17290 words ; ON August 21, 1861, Bishop Auguste Marie Martin of Natchitoches, Louisiana, issued a pastoral letter on the occasion of the War of Southern Independence ... humility. In areas with large multiracial populations--places like New Orleans and Natchitoches--the rules of racial integration also depended on the ... Read more

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