Locomotive #400 - 1919
Baldwin 4-6-0Standard-gauge steam engine. #400 hauled log cars to the Long Leaf sawmill. Its last run was December 9, 1952. 4-6-0 means:4 Wheels (2 pair) in front, 6 driving wheels, and 0...
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Calvary Baptist Church Bayou Chicot
Founded in 1812. Joseph Willis was the first Baptist minister to preach the Gospel west of the Mississippi River. Between 1804-1805, Willis arrived in Bayou Chicot, Louisiana, where he...
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City of Ville Platte - City Hall
This building was purchased by the Cecil R. Lebas administration on December 18,1977. To preserve a historic building and landmark of Evangeline Parish, to serve the people of Ville Platte as City...
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National Register of Historic Places
Built in 1914, this building was the second location of the Evangeline Bank & Trust Company until 1976. The original 1906 site of the bank was 102 West Main Street which is also on the...
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Old Planer Mill Machinery
Before the 1956 remodel, this equipment was used in the planer mill. It is a variety of equipment from planers to molding machines that were replaced by newer, more efficient machines in 1956. A...
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Crowell and Spencer Engine #400
Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, PA, Construction #51175, January, 1919 Baldwin Class 10-32-D #1167, type 4-6-0.Delivered at Long Leaf, February, 1919, placed in service,...
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"Jitney"
The "Jitneys" replaced mules and manpower in moving lumber buggies around the mill yard. The 2 jitneys were built in the machine shop at Long Leaf from Chevrolet engines and scrap metal under the...
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Lumber Carts
Before the 1950's the planer mill, sawmill and warehouses were connected by a series of wooden tramways. These lumber carts were used to transport rough and unfinished lumber and molding between...
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Clyde Double Drum- Cable Outhaul Log Skidder
The machine In front of you is the last remaining example of what was known as a "Clyde Skidder". Developed by the Clyde Iron Works of Duluth MN, shortly after 1902 and modified several...
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The McGiffert Log Loader
The McGiffert Log Loader was a rail hauled, log loading machine invented in 1901 by John R. McGiffert. Several hundred of these machines were built for use in North America, alone. Today, only 5...
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