Atlanta in Winn Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

William Edenborn

1848 - 1926

Photographed by Wesley Harris

1. William Edenborn Marker

Inscription. Businessman, inventor, industrialist. Founder of Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company and American Steel & Wire. Served on Board of Directors of U.S. Steel and Chairman of Board of Kansas City Southern Railroad. Confidante of Teddy Roosevelt. He patented the first machine that made barbed wire, held dozens of other patents, and eventually held 75% of the steel monopoly in the United States. He taught monkeys to pick cotton at his Emden farm 4.5 miles east of Atlanta. Named by Wall Street as one of America's richest people. Edenborn was worth $75 million at the time of his death.

Erected 2022 by Sponsored by Friends of Winn Parish History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Animals • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars.

Location. 31° 48.435′ N, 92° 44.054′ W. Marker is in Atlanta, Louisiana, in Winn Parish. It is at the intersection of Main Street (Louisiana Route 34) and School Road, on the left when traveling west on Main Street. The marker stands across from Atlanta School in front of the Atlanta Methodist Church & Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12372 Main St, Atlanta LA 71404, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Louisiana.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

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within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gum Springs Bombing Range Accident Memorial (approx. 7 miles away); The Nightriders (approx. 7.4 miles away); Verda (approx. 7.8 miles away); a different marker also named Nightriders (approx. 9.1 miles away); Natchitoches - Natchez Road (approx. 9.8 miles away); First United Methodist Church (approx. 9.9 miles away); Huey Pierce Long (approx. 10 miles away); Bank of Winnfield & Law Office of Huey P. Long (approx. 10 miles away).

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. The nearby cemetery holds the unmarked graves of some of the "Nightriders," a notorious Reconstruction-era gang that robbed and murdered many victims passing through the area.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 24, 2023, by Wesley Harris of Ruston, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 690 times since then and 79 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on April 24, 2023, by Wesley Harris of Ruston, Louisiana. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

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