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Shreveport, Louisiana. / 32.51472°N 93.74722°W / 32.51472; -93.74722. Shreveport ( / ˈʃriːvpɔːrt / SHREEV-port) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. [4]
History of Louisiana. Shreve Town was originally contained within the boundaries of a section of land sold to the company by the indigenous Caddo Indians in the year of 1835, during the period of Indian Removal. [1] In 1838, Caddo Parish was created from the large Natchitoches Parish and Shreve Town was designated as the parish seat.
1902 – Shreveport Journal newspaper in publication. [6] 1905 – Agudath Achim Synagogue dedicated. [13] 1906 – Oil discovered at Caddo Lake in vicinity of Shreveport. [14] 1907 – Nearby Bossier City incorporated. [10] 1909 – Centenary College of Louisiana relocated to Shreveport from Jackson.
The Scottish Rite Cathedral is a historic building located at 725 Cotton Street in Shreveport, Louisiana. It was designed in 1915 by architect Edward F. Neild in Beaux Arts style. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1] It also became a contributing property of Shreveport Commercial Historic District ...
Timeline of Shreveport, Louisiana Notes [ edit ] On December 8, 2018, Adrian D. Perkins was elected Mayor of Shreveport and will succeed Ollie Tyler on December 29, 2018.
Hirsch Memorial Coliseum [1] is 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Shreveport, Louisiana, designed by the late local architect Edward F. Neild Jr. (1908–1958) who, with his father in 1937, had designed the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport. The coliseum is named after William Rex Hirsch, a former fair president, manager and treasurer.
Rt. Rev. Jacob W. Owensby. Dean. Very Rev. Alston B. Johnson [1] St. Mark's Cathedral is an Episcopal cathedral in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Western Louisiana. The first services of the Episcopal church in Shreveport were celebrated by the Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, the Bishop of Louisiana in March 1839.
St. Martin. Acadian house, [4] also known as Maison Olivier and is a part of the Longfellow–Evangeline State Historic Site. 2. The Cabildo. The Cabildo. More images. October 9, 1960. ( #66000373) New Orleans.