Roosevelt in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Roosevelt

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 17, 2015

1. Roosevelt Marker

Inscription. Originally named O’Hara’s Switch. Renamed Roosevelt in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt, who hunted bear in the area in October, 1907. He recorded his adventures here in an article entitled "In the Louisiana Canebrakes."

Erected 1982 by Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Communications • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #26 Theodore Roosevelt series list. A significant historical month for this entry is October 1907.

Location. 32° 34.233′ N, 91° 10.931′ W. Marker is in Roosevelt, Louisiana, in East Carroll Parish. It is on U.S. 65 1.1 miles north of Henderson Loop Road (Parish Road 1122), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sondheimer LA 71276, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

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 within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Transylvania Mounds (approx. 8.1 miles away); Julice Mound (approx. 8.4 miles away); Grant’s March (approx. 9.8 miles away); Rufus "Rip" Wimberly (approx. 11.2 miles away); Madison Parish Confederate Monument (approx. 11.3

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miles away); Tallulah (approx. 11.3 miles away); Scottland Plantation House (approx. 11.7 miles away); Eagle Bend (approx. 11.7 miles away in Mississippi).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Battle of Milliken’s Bend (was approx. 9.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

View from marker looking north on U.S. 65. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 17, 2015

2. View from marker looking north on U.S. 65.

The view south on U.S. 65 towards Sondheimer. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 17, 2015

3. The view south on U.S. 65 towards Sondheimer.

The Bear Hunters (Teddy Roosevelt in middle) image. Click for full size.

4. The Bear Hunters (Teddy Roosevelt in middle)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 21, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,097 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 21, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.