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On Gray Street (Louisiana Route 3049) north of Olympia Road, on the right when traveling north.
Grades 1-11 1921-1947
Grades 1-12 1948-1955
Grades 1-8 1956-1969
Dedicated to the Principals, Faculty and Students who made this school such a special part of our lives. This was education as it should be.
Dedicated by the Friends of . . . — — Map (db m175303) HM
On Church Street north of White Street, on the right when traveling north.
The property for Belcher Methodist Church was purchased in 1916 after over two years of fundraising. A white wood frame church was built that same year. In 1954 that structure was raised and a new brick church was built. Several men in the . . . — — Map (db m175189) HM
On Gray Street (State Highway 3049) north of Louisiana Street, on the right when traveling north.
A Caddo mound and village dating between approximately 1450 & 1650 A.D. were located northeast of Belcher. The mound consisted of a series of platforms that contained houses or meeting places for the village leaders. The houses were burned . . . — — Map (db m87132) HM
On Gray Street (State Highway 3049) north of Louisiana Street, on the right when traveling north.
Belcher Presbyterian Church was organized on July 18, 1897, as the Red River Presbyterian Church. The congregation met in a vacant store building on Rush Point Plantation where services were held until 1900, when a one room frame building was . . . — — Map (db m87130) HM
On Louisiana Route 3049 at Belcher River Road, on the right when traveling north on State Route 3049.
A Caddo dugout canoe from the Middle Caddo period (ca. A.D. 1200-1500) was found in the bank of the Red River on Kavanaugh family property near this location in June of 2017 by Jenna Bradley and Robert Cornett. The canoe was recovered from the river . . . — — Map (db m174857) HM
On Dixie Shreveport Road (Louisiana Route 3049) 1 mile north of Louisiana Route 169, on the right when traveling north.
A Caddo Indian dugout canoe dating to the early Caddo period (ca. A.D. 900-1200) was found in the bank of the Red River on the North family property near this location in August of 1983. A section of the canoe was discovered protruding from the . . . — — Map (db m175579) HM
On State Highway 3049 at Cedar Bluff Road, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 3049.
Cedar Bluff Ferry was one of the ferries on the Red River between Bossier and Caddo Parishes in the 19th and early 20th century. It operated until the early 1950s when a bridge was built to the north for Highway 2. It ran from Cedar Bluff in Bossier . . . — — Map (db m87160) HM
On Caddo Street (State Highway 3049) at East Street, on the right when traveling east on Caddo Street.
The First State bank of Belcher was organized in 1913. The present brick building was designed by the architect Edward F. Neild of Shreveport and built in 1924. The First State Bank later became Caddo Trust & Savings Bank the Belcher Masonic Lodge . . . — — Map (db m87128) HM
On Caddo Street west of Line Street, on the right when traveling west.
Built in 1915, the one lane bridge is one of the earliest examples in Louisiana of an all-concrete structure. Unique characteristics give it a coherent, monolithic appearance. The reinforced concrete superstructure consists of a concrete deck on two . . . — — Map (db m175070) HM
On Louisiana Route 3049, 1 mile north of Cedar Bluff Road, on the right when traveling north.
Ca. 1922 a country store was moved from Myrtis, La to this location to serve as the new commissary for the J.W. Lynn Plantation. At it's peak over 300 hundred families lived and worked on the plantation, with the commissary serving as the general . . . — — Map (db m174856) HM
On Gray Street (State Highway 3049) north of Parish Road 136, on the right when traveling north.
During the Louisiana Maneuvers of 1941, the U.S. Army and Air Corps divided itself into two opposing armies for practice for possible war in Europe. Among the noted commanders in the maneuvers, was General George S. Patton. His mechanized armored . . . — — Map (db m87133) HM
On State Highway 3049, 0.2 miles south of Cavett River Road, on the right when traveling north.
The plantation was established in 1914 by James Wiley Lynn with the purchase of property from the Cavett family. The plantation home, the cotton gin and the blacksmith shop were built by Mr. Lynn in 1928. The renovated dogtrot style home, the barn . . . — — Map (db m87159) HM
On Railroad Street (State Highway 3049) at Caddo Street, on the left when traveling north on Railroad Street.
Clyde Connell, an internationally-known artist named for Scotland's River Clyde, was born and raised in a large household in Belcher on the Dixon Plantation. These early life experiences are reflected in her art. A self-taught painter and sculptor, . . . — — Map (db m174932) HM
On Caddo Street (State Highway 3049) east of East Street, on the left when traveling east.
The original house was built in 1899 by Ruben T. Glassell, a planter, and his wife Vyvian. It faced west and had a center hall in the dogtrot style. The house was enlarged about ten years later with the addition of a new roof, interior columns, . . . — — Map (db m175072) HM
