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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM277R_the-foot-of-red-hill_Pineville-LA.html
1923: The foot of Red Hill was the site of the cyclone , April 4, that destroyed much of Pineville from the bottom of the hill to the banks of the Red River. Harry Morris, owner, saw his store leveled by the cyclone. Dee Brady Plumbing later occup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM273H_pineville-3_Pineville-LA.html
Farmers from the north side of the Red River parked their wagons at Jessie Johnston's General Merchandise and Wagon Lot before they caught the ferry to Alexandria. 1905: Albert Rush and Jesse M. Kees purchased the store and continued to operate at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM272Q_pineville-2_Pineville-LA.html
Pineville, located on the Edmund Murphy Land Grant, part of the original Post du Rapide, offered a variety of goods and services to early settlers. Traders Beauboeuf, Poussin, and David brought the first stores to Pineville where the streets becam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM272P_pineville-1_Pineville-LA.html
Pineville today encompasses the first central Louisiana settlement begun on this spot in the early 1700's. Post Du Rapide took its name from "el rapido", the rapides in Spanish and "les rapide", from the French. The first levee was built along the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26VI_central-louisiana-state-hospital-cemetery_Pineville-LA.html
Authorized by Act 92 of the 1902 Louisiana Legislature, cemetery and morgue sites were selected in January 1906. There are 2,356 persons who are interred in the cemetery, the last occurring in June 1985. Individual graves for persons who are inter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26VE_700-block-main-street_Pineville-LA.html
Much business was done in the 700 block and many prominent businessmen who worked here represented their fellows in government. Dr. George S. Long, former dentist and brother to governors Huey and Earl Long, served as a United States Congressman. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26R6_200-block-of-main-street_Pineville-LA.html
The 200 block of Main Street was the location of both the second Pineville post office in 1885 housed in David's Store, and the 1927 City Hall, located where Hank's Pawn Shop now stands,1917: Frank Smith opened Pineville Marble and Granite Works c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26PJ_pierson-lake_Pineville-LA.html
This lake is named in honor forDr. Clarence PiersonBenefactor of the mentally ill in Louisiana Superintendent of the Central Louisiana State Hospital 19051928-1934
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26OI_pineville-river-front-trail_Pineville-LA.html
City of AlexandriaThe first merchant to locate in what is now Alexandria was Edmund Murphy, Irish trader, who opened a trading post where Bayou Rapides meets the Red River. He later received a land grant where the city of Pineveille now stands. So…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26OG_kolin-czech-colony_Pineville-LA.html
In 1908, the Bohemian Colonization Club was begun by J. Rosicky, publisher & editor of the Hospodář, to establish family centered Czech colonies. In 1912, Wesly Wosterchil, Frank Zumpfe, and J. Sobotka located 21,000 acres of cut-over pinela…
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