Winn Parish

Winn Parish

Author: Bob Holeman

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738586939

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The uniqueness of Winn Parish is its vast history not only of deep-rooted politics, but also of scattered communities that once prospered on its timber, railroads, salt mine, and rock quarry. The arrival of railroads more than a century ago opened virgin pine forests to commercial logging, and timber mills sprang up, flourished, and then disappeared as resources were depleted. Centuries' use of a saltworks foretold development of a successful salt mine, but the discovery of a nearby rock quarry was an accident. Winn was carved from the north-central Louisiana parishes of Natchitoches, Catahoula, and Rapides by an 1852 legislative act. Parish seat Winnfield is readily known as the birthplace of populist demagogue Huey P. Long, and it was also home to two other governors, brother Earl K. Long and handpicked successor O.K. Allen. The parish had its dark side, too, as bandits like the West and Kimbrell Clan roamed the southern regions.


Southern Reporter

Southern Reporter

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1920

Total Pages: 1014

ISBN-13:

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Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the Appellate Courts of Alabama and, Sept. 1928/Jan. 1929-Jan./Mar. 1941, the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana.


Bernstein Pioneers

Bernstein Pioneers

Author: trudy chiswell

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2021-12-13

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1039124828

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Bernstein Pioneers traces the history of the descendants of Julius Bernstein (1789–1868). With references to the Civil War, both World Wars, and the early history of the United States and Canada, it is an offering that is both personal and historical. Author trudy chiswell has traced her family lineage and written an engaging, meaningful record for her relatives and descendants. Filled with eyewitness accounts, primary documents, photos, and ancestry charts, it’s a book in which readers will learn about the struggles faced in early settlements, the tragedies brought by conflict, and the unique characteristics of many individuals in the family tree. Although written for the author’s family, this thought-provoking, educational, and heart-warming account of one family’s journey through life over the generations will engage readers at various levels of connection to the Bernstein family.