Historical Markers in Vivian, Louisiana

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Historical Markers in Vivian, Louisiana

1 ► Louisiana, Caddo Parish, Vivian — Agriculture —

Cotton was the major crop when the area was first settled. Most of the bigger farms had their own cotton gins. Hoke Duncan has been working at the Cotton Gin in Gilliam for over 50 years. He is the descendant of some of the first African . . . — — Map (db m170455) HM

2 ► Louisiana, Caddo Parish, Vivian — Roughnecks & Roustabouts —

It happened again in 1906. The discovery of oil and gas in northwest Louisiana set the stage for yet another upsurge in the fortunes, and the population, of north Caddo Parish. Logging in the 1880s and railroads in the 1890s had already . . . — — Map (db m170323) HM

3 ► Louisiana, Caddo Parish, Vivian — Transportation & Timber —

The railroad was instrumental in bringing industry, mail delivery and goods like groceries to the small towns it passed through. Funding and construction of the first railroad, that today passes through Vivian, Oil City and other towns in the . . . — — Map (db m170451) HM

4 ► Louisiana, Caddo Parish, Vivian — Vivian Railroad Station — Historic Site — Caddo —

Built 1921 for Kansas City Southern Railroad. Listed in the National Resister of Historic Places in 1995. — — Map (db m170331) HM

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