Louisiana Logging Camp

Louisiana Logging Camp. LaCamp. , Established by the Louisiana Lumber Company of Glenmora. The company built a small town here in 1923 consisting of a hotel, commissary, oil and pump house, machine shop, and office building which also housed the post office. There were forty houses for the families of white workers, and sixteen houses for the families of African American workers. Logging camps like Louisiana Logging Camp served as a convenience offering the loggers and their families housing in close proximity to the forest work site. They were often temporary and the buildings were moveable. Louisiana Logging Camp was unusual in its size, population, and the permanent type of construction. Its residents were provided electricity in 1934 when the company purchased electrical equipment from the Hotel Bentley in Alexandria. In 1935 the Works Progress Administration installed sanitary toilets in each residence. Electric lights and indoor plumbing were rare amenities for houses in 1930s rural Louisiana. In its final years Louisiana Logging Camp was purchased by Hillery, Edwards, Fuller Inc. which operated it until 1941.