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Jasper Public Schools

Jasper Collegiate Institute, first local center for higher leaning, opened 1851; partially tax- supported, coeducational. First president was noted East Texas educator Marcus Montrose, graduate,...

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education

Alamo Wall and Bulldog Stadium

Jasper Bulldog Stadium, established circa 1922, served as the centerpiece for the town's athletic competitions, becoming ever more popular over the years. By 1936, the bleachers were being filled...

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sports
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Bevilport

Important river shipping and trading point; was made seat of Bevil municipality, 1834. Named for John Bevil, Texas Ranger, a delegate (1835) to Consultation on Texas Independence, Chief Justice of...

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Site of the Town of Bevilport

Important river navigation point,1830-1860. Established by John Bevil in whose honor the municipalitywas first named in 1834 with Bevilport as seat of justice.A mail station in 1835. Countyseat of...

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settlement

Nightriders

The Harrisonburg Road was a wagon trail in the 1800s that connected the Natchez Trace to the El Camino Real. This section of the road, along the border of Grant Parish and Winn Parish, is...

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crime

Camp Packard - Company 1446

On June 28, 1933, Company 1446 of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) occupied Camp Packard (F-3) one mile south of this location near Castor Plunge. Camp Packard was the center of...

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ccc

Cottage Corners

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South Enrolling Room / Shell Oil Company Foundation

Shell Petroleum Corporation, a forerunner of Shell Oil Company, acquired the Norco Refinery in 1929. Located on three hundred sixty-six acres of sugar cane fields from Good Hope Plantation, the...

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North Enrolling Room/The Chevron Companies

In 1941 Chevron discovered oil in south Louisiana at Barataria and Delta Farms. It was soon apparent to the explorationists that favorable conditions for oil accumulation should extend into the...

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industry

Lodwrick Monroe Cook Education Auditorium

Native Louisianan, international business leader, tireless champion of humanitarian causes, Lodwrick M. Cook has contributed greatly to the creation of Louisiana's center for political and...