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HISTORY AND EVENTS IN AND AROUND
DE RIDDER AND MERRYVILLE,
BEAUREGARD PARISH, LOUISIANA

As the Beauregard Parish story shows, the area was in the heart of "No Man's Land" for a period of 15 years after the 1804 Louisiana Purchase. It was a refuge for rustler's, murderer's escaped slaves, etc. Like a magnet the railroad drew population, development, and industry in the late 1800's with the lumber industry being the most significant business. Sawmills appeared almost as soon as the rails were laid. Their presence drastically changed the physical and cultural landscape. Each lumber concern established its own company town to house the myriad of workers who followed the industry from place to place. A portion of these workers were African-American, some mixed with Native Americans, thus changing the ethnic mix of an area that had previously lacked large numbers of African Americans. Nostalgia abounds in the area, from a vast virgin pine forest; to the clear cutting that left us looking like a battlefield; and the rebirth of timber lands. Interspersed is the legacy of a World War II history and an area rich in biodiversity.
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 Home Page  Chapter 34 Louisiana Battlefield
 Authors  Chapter 35 Ludington Saw Mill Town
 Chapter 1 Aaron Cherry and Jean Laffite  Chapter 36 Mayhaws
 Chapter 2 Atakapa Ishak  Chapter 37 Merryville
 Chapter 3 Atakapa Ishak Marker  Chapter 38 Merryville Gunnery Range
 Chapter 4 Beauregard  Chapter 39 Old Camp Ground Cemetery
 Chapter 5 Beauregard Parish Courthouse  Chapter 40 Papa is Santa Claus
 Chapter 6 Black Training School  Chapter 41 Pomegranate
 Chapter 7 Blueberries  Chapter 42 POW's at Camp Polk
 Chapter 8 Bon Ami Saw Mill Town  Chapter 43 Reformation
 Chapter 9 Bundick Swamp  Chapter 44 Rural Free Delivery
 Chapter 10 Carson Sawmill Town  Chapter 45 Sir Robert Blankenship
 Chapter 11 CCC's  Chapter 46 Satsumas
 Chapter 12 Confederate Military Road  Chapter 47 Shady Grove School
 Chapter 13 Coushatta Highway Marker  Chapter 48 Snakes Alive
 Chapter 14 Coushatta Native Americans  Chapter 49 Sugartown Historical Marker
 Chapter 15 DAAB Historical Marker  Chapter 50 This Is What Christmas Is All About
 Chapter 16 DeRidder  Chapter 51 Turpentine Days
 Chapter 17 DeRidder Hub of Local Saw Mill Towns  Chapter 52 WPA During The Great Depression
 Chapter 18 Easter  Chapter 53 Rusty Hamer, Child Star
 Chapter 19 Epiphany  Chapter 54 Redbones in No Man's Land
 Chapter 20 First USO  Chapter 55 Sawmill Era Historic Home
 Chapter 21 First Street School  Chapter 56 Washington Avenue Historic Home
 Chapter 22 Fish and Game Preserves  Chapter 57 Normand Terry Remembers
 Chapter 23 Geneology Bailey - Bishop  Chapter 58 Robert Earl's Ole Pine Knot
 Chapter 24 God and Country  Chapter 59 Prospector Charlie Snell
 Chapter 25 Gold (black) Rush Is On  Chapter 60 Captured Remembrances
 Chapter 26 Governor Sam H. Jones  Chapter 61 Mam - The Jersey Milk Cow
 Chapter 27 Grabow Riot  Chapter 62 The Fire Station Recreation Hall
 Chapter 28 Gussie Townsley Folk Artist  Chapter 63 Horse Has Been Put Out to Pasture
 Chapter 29 Home Front Celebration  Chapter 64 Malone or Mahlon Street
 Chapter 30 In The Mood  Chapter 65 Pujo Community
 Chapter 31 Juneteenth  Chapter 66 Community Cemetery
 Chapter 32 Leather Britches  Chapter 67 Development of Police Juries
 Chapter 33 Loftin Reunion  Chapter 68 Beauregard Parish Towns and Settlements
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