Historic Haunts Of Shreveport

Author : Gary D. Joiner
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781596297746
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Haunts of Shreveport written by Gary D. Joiner and published by History Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes Shreveport's Oakland Cemetery so spooky might be the mass burial of 715 victims of the 1873 yellow fever epidemic. Another bone-chilling locale is the city's historic Municipal Auditorium, which according to local legends may have briefly served as a morgue under the watch of Dr. Willis P. Butler, perhaps the longest-serving Caddo Parish medical examiner and coroner. Years after his passing, Butler is still seen dutifully working in the courthouse and other public spaces. And over at the beautifully restored Logan Mansion, unexplained mischievous pranks are blamed on the spirits of a young girl whose life was tragically cut short. Historians Gary D. Joiner, PhD, and Cheryl H. White, PhD, recount the true stories of these and other notable landmarks framed within the intriguing twist of the paranormal.

Author : Gary D. Joiner PhD
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625853793
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shreveport's Historic Oakland Cemetery written by Gary D. Joiner PhD and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly as old as the city itself, Oakland Cemetery is one of Shreveport's most significant historical landmarks. Notable residents were laid to rest here as early as 1842. In a mass grave lie nearly eight hundred victims of a virulent yellow fever epidemic that struck the city in 1873. Others interred include Annie McCune, the famous Shreveport madam who operated a brothel in the city's red-light district, as well as hundreds of Civil War soldiers, city founders and the first African American physician, Dr. Dickerson Alphonse Smith. Some souls are said to haunt the grounds still. Join authors Gary D. Joiner and Cheryl White and discover some of Shreveport's oldest stories.

Author : Cheryl White
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781540212818
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shreveport's Historic Oakland Cemetery written by Cheryl White and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly as old as the city itself, Oakland Cemetery is one of Shreveport's most significant historical landmarks. Notable residents were laid to rest here as early as 1842. In a mass grave lie nearly eight hundred victims of a virulent yellow fever epidemic that struck the city in 1873. Others interred include Annie McCune, the famous Shreveport madam who operated a brothel in the city's red-light district, as well as hundreds of Civil War soldiers, city founders and the first African American physician, Dr. Dickerson Alphonse Smith. Some souls are said to haunt the grounds still. Join authors Gary D. Joiner and Cheryl White and discover some of Shreveport's oldest stories.

Author : Gary D. Joiner, PhD
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467152404
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shreveport’s Historic Greenwood Cemetery: Echoes in Granite and Marble written by Gary D. Joiner, PhD and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pause for a spell to visit with the remarkable inhabitants of Greenwood Cemetery. Greenwood Cemetery is resplendent in its gardenlike setting, gently rolling hills, sharply edged bluffs, impressively carved monuments and row after row of military gravestones. It is a social laboratory that helps those get to know who was here before and what their families wish future generations to remember about them. Visitors can find heroes and villains, mayors, bankers, industrialists, the well-to-do, and the forgotten. Some monuments are fascinating simply for their carved angels, others poignant in their descriptions of lives cut short. Indeed, all the markers have a story to tell. The most notable among them are included in this book. Stroll through Greenwood with Dr. Gary Joiner and learn a thing or two about those who rest here.

Author : Marguerite R. Plummer
Publisher : HPN Books
ISBN 13 : 1893619087
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Shreveport-Bossier written by Marguerite R. Plummer and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bernadette J. Palombo
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614233667
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wicked Shreveport written by Bernadette J. Palombo and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-04 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the rough-and-tumble days of the nineteenth century, Shreveport was on the very edge of the countrys western frontier. It was a city struggling to tame lawlessness, and its streets were rocked by duels, lynchings and shootouts. A new century and Prohibition only brought a fresh wave of crime and scandal. The port city became a haunt for the likes of notorious bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde and home to the influential socialite and Madam Annie McCune. From Fred Lockhart, aka the Butterfly Man, to serial killers Nathanial Code and Danny Rolling, Shreveport played reluctant host to an even deadlier cast of characters. Their tales and more make up the devilish history of the Deep South in Wicked Shreveport.

Author : Cheryl H. White
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625854021
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Haunted History of Louisiana Plantations written by Cheryl H. White and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of ghosts and strange happenings at these historic Southern homes—with photos included. Louisiana plantations evoke images of grandeur and elegance, but beyond the facade of stately homes are stories of hope and subjugation, tragedy and suffering, shame and perseverance and war and conquest. After sixteen workers axed most of the Houmas House’s ancient oak trees, referred to as “the Gentlemen,” eight of the surviving trees eerily twisted overnight in grief over the losses wrought by a great Mississippi River flood. An illegal duel to reclaim lost honor left the grounds of Natchez’s Cherokee Plantation bloodstained, but the victim’s spirit may still wander there today. A mutilated slave girl named Chloe still haunts the halls of the Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville. In this book, Cheryl H. White and W. Ryan Smith reveal the dark history, folklore, and lasting human cost of Louisiana plantation life.

Author : Cheryl H. White PhD
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614238693
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confederate General Leonidas Polk written by Cheryl H. White PhD and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonidas Polk is one of the most fascinating figures of the Civil War. Consecrated as a bishop of the Episcopal Church and commissioned as a general into the Confederate army, Polk's life in both spheres blended into a unique historical composite. Polk was a man with deep religious convictions but equally committed to the Confederate cause. He baptized soldiers on the eve of bloody battles, administered last rites and even presided over officers' weddings, all while leading his soldiers into battle. Historian Cheryl White examines the life of this soldier-saint and the legacy of a man who unquestionably brought the first viable and lively Protestant presence to Louisiana and yet represents the politics of one of the darkest periods in American history.

Author : Gary D. Joiner
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614231613
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Shreveport written by Gary D. Joiner and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-18 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of many decades, the city of Shreveport witnessed dramatic growth and ever-changing landscapes. Mule-drawn railways gave way to electric streetcars, and what was once the Confederate capital of the state became today's vibrant commercial hub of northwest Louisiana. Drawing from their extensive image collection, authors Joiner and Roberson depict the forgotten scenes and lost stories that form the complex layers of Shreveport history. From the famous performances of Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show to the infamous red-light district, from the decline of vigilante justice to the victims who perished from yellow fever, Joiner and Roberson recover and remember lost Shreveport.

Author : Michael Norman
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466805153
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Haunted America written by Michael Norman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing the success of the nationally acclaimed Haunted America, Historic Haunted America is a further investigation into North American ghost legends. This chilling collection documents yesterday's and today's most terrifying hauntings in the United States and Canada in more than seventy-five shocking stories! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.