Dodd's Rooming House, 1927, once stood on the site of Charles McTire's Beauty School. J.B. Kelly, Dentist, and C.B. Durham, MD, had offices upstairs in the rooming house. During the 50's C.E. Pickett operated a grocery downstairs. Later businesses . . . — — Map (db m115602) HM
1926: R.K. Garrett moved to Pineville and founded Garrett Brothers Paint Company. 1938: Russell's Lumber Yard opened its doors. 1943: Builders Lumber and Supply moved onto the Russell site. Co-owners were Bob Till, Simon Tudor and J.E. Ratcliff. . . . — — Map (db m115601) HM
1101 Main Street: The cafe and rooming house of Oliver Schwartzenburg was replaced in the 1930's by the Pineville Coffee Company, Robert Durham, owner. In the late 50's Charles Puckett opened a Mobile service station on the site which became . . . — — Map (db m110935) HM
The 200 block of Main Street was the location of both the second Pineville post office in 1885 housed in David's Store, and the 1927 City Hall, located where Hank's Pawn Shop now stands, 1917: Frank Smith opened Pineville Marble and Granite Works . . . — — Map (db m116160) HM
1913: E. Blum opened a nursery on land leased from the Jewish Cemetery. Later, O.M. Barnage and James Haley operated nurseries there until the cemetery expanded. 1858: Charles Schraeder, Theodore Schaedel and Christian Baden built the Episcopal . . . — — Map (db m120638) HM
The Second story of the Masonic Lodge building has been the meeting place of Solomon Lodge 221 and the Order of the Eastern Star since the early days of Pineville. The first floor has housed such businesses as Piggly Wiggly No. 2, 1927, and A.A. . . . — — Map (db m120581) HM
The oldest business building in Pineville is located just behind the 600 Block at 105 Hayden, now Gabor Painting. The building was originally at 101 Main Street as Davie's Warehouse. Later it housed a broom factory. It was moved to its present . . . — — Map (db m120583) HM
Much business was done in the 700 block and many prominent businessmen who worked here represented their fellows in government. Dr. George S. Long, former dentist and brother to governors Huey and Earl Long, served as a United States Congressman. . . . — — Map (db m116337) HM
Owl Drugs, Sherwin Williams Paints, Buddy's Bakery, Dance Studio, Co-op Offices and E.B. Rogers' Grocery Market have all occupied the commercial buildings on the eastern corner of the street. 822 Main Street was the residence of J.E. Kenny, earlier . . . — — Map (db m115600) HM
1927: I.B. Lacroix opened a gas station on the east corner of the block. It was later moved across the street where it remained under the ownership of his son, I.B. Lacroix, Jr. Bucky Pease's Garage replaced the Gremillion home adjacent to the . . . — — Map (db m111561) HM
Activated June 1941 Camp Beauregard, Louisiana Deactivated November 1945 Camp Bowie Texas Participated in training maneuvers Sep 1941 Louisiana, Oct 1941 Carolina, Jul 1942 Louisiana, Jun 1943 Desert Arizona. Active Service in the European . . . — — Map (db m225053) HM WM
1919: The First Baptist Church of Pineville was built at 901 Main. The church has now expanded to include all of the west side of the block. During the 50's and 60's Gertrude Leatherman's Tiny Tot College Kindergarten was the educational hub for . . . — — Map (db m111072) HM
1860 The Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, the predecessor of the Louisiana State University, opened at this site in January 1860 with Colonel William Techmseh Sherman as its first superintendent, five faculty . . . — — Map (db m111560) HM
Address by President Lincoln At the dedication of The Gettysburg National Cemetery November 19, 1863Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and . . . — — Map (db m137261) HM WM
Alexandria Hall Louisiana College Has been designated a Registered National Historic LandmarkUnder the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the . . . — — Map (db m110649) HM
For a century and among generations of alumni, this iconic academic building has
symbolized Louisiana College. When the future of the college remained in doubt
following a destructive fire, the people of Alexandria, Louisiana came forward . . . — — Map (db m174653) HM
The Alexandria National Cemetery, Pineville, was authorized by an Act of Congress on February 22, 1867, and the United States, through the Secretary of War, took possession April 1871 of this property from the Succession of Franco Poussan. The . . . — — Map (db m110587) HM
Civil War AlexandriaAlexandria, Louisiana, served briefly
of the Confederate Department of the Trans-Mississippi,
as the headquarters a vast area encompassing states and territories west of the
Mississippi River.In spring 1863, the . . . — — Map (db m136134) HM
"If damming would get the fleet off, it would have been afloat long before." Rear Admiral David D. Porter Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Bailey While Union officers surveyed the situation and discussed the possible loss of the boats trapped . . . — — Map (db m38532) HM
James C. Berwick, Jr. (1902-1963) was born in St. Mary Parish, where members of the prominent Berwick family settled that area in the 1700s and later founded the Town of Berwick. After moving to Pineville in the early 1920s, he met and later married . . . — — Map (db m225249) HM
From 1940-1944, Louisiana hosted a series of military maneuvers designed to train soldiers
for all aspects of Army Ground Forces operations. Approximately 75,000 black soldiers
maneuvered in Central Louisiana. The 761st Tank Battalion, an . . . — — Map (db m196204) HM
Life at the Seminary offered few distractions and fewer luxuries to either the faculty or the cadets. Fresh produce and meat were not available, but despite the poor food, students left the Seminary in better physical condition than when they . . . — — Map (db m111169) HM
Pull Grader No. 33 was designed and manufactured by Caterpillar Company from 1931
to 1937. It weighs about 5,780 lbs and carried a blade 8 feet wide. It was used to build
and maintain roads by being pulled behind a tractor. Like most pull . . . — — Map (db m199298) HM
The Cavanaugh Hall of Science bears the name of Charles J. Cavanaugh, whose
teaching career spanned 1945 to 1977 as professor of biology at his alma mater,
Louisiana College. Prof Cavanaugh, as he was affectionately known, often
lectured without . . . — — Map (db m136036) HM
Authorized by Act 92 of the 1902 Louisiana Legislature, cemetery and morgue sites were selected in January 1906. There are 2,356 persons who are interred in the cemetery, the last occurring in June 1985. Individual graves for persons who are . . . — — Map (db m116347) HM
In 1722 Diron d'Artaguette, Inspector of Troops in Louisiana, recommended the establishment of a fortified post on Red River to prevent Indian attacks on those portaging the rapids. Although it is probably that some type of French presence was . . . — — Map (db m110596) HM
Type: Full Tracked Tractor Bulldozer
Manufacturer: Caterpillar
Weight: 31,870 lbs (15.9 tons)
Armament: None
Crew: 1
The first Caterpillar D7 rolled out in 1938. US Army Engineers use these dozers to build
roadways, earthworks and . . . — — Map (db m213221) HM
Type: Full Tracked Tractor Armored Bulldozer
Manufacturer: Caterpillar
Weight: 49,400 lbs (24.7 tons)
Armament: None
Crew: 1 The first Caterpillar D7 rolled out in 1938. US Army Engineers use these dozers to build
roadways, earthworks and . . . — — Map (db m224932) HM
The 3rd Armored Division was activated on April 15, 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. From Normandy to Dessau, its fighting men courageously earned the name Spearhead and laid the foundation for lasting peace in Europe. — — Map (db m197828) HM WM
On April 15, 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Brigadier General Ulysses Grant. At Fort Buhlow, soldiers quickly fled home, feeling that the end of the war was near. With the threat of a Union advance northward, Brigadier General Joseph . . . — — Map (db m148002) HM
In March 1865, bad news reached the forts from other
parts of the Confederacy. The worse news arrived on
April 15; General Robert E Lee was forced to surrender
to Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant. As these reports
reached the forts, . . . — — Map (db m176747) HM
In the early 1800s, area residents developed what became one of the oldest named roads in Rapides Parish. Crossing the Little River at Donahue Ferry in Bob, LA, the road linked Central Louisiana to Natchez, MS, making it the main regional route for . . . — — Map (db m193096) HM
William Tecumseh Sherman, a graduate of West Point, was appointed the fist superintendent and a professor of engineering of the Louisiana Seminary of Learning & Military Academy. In June of that year, General G. Mason Graham wrote to Major D.C. . . . — — Map (db m111061) HM
Side AFallen Federal Firefighters Memorial Grove On May 30, 1995 this grove of 5 redbud trees was planted as a living memorial to the federal firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty in 1994, and to the victims of the tragic April . . . — — Map (db m110951) HM
Side A On January 8, 1911, Pineville Baptist was founded in a brush tabernacle on Reagan Street. Thereafter, the church met at Louisiana College until a brick sanctuary was built on this site in 1919. Under Pastor T.W. Gayer . . . — — Map (db m110752) HM
1802-1806 First Circuit Riders (ministers) began work in Louisiana. 1811 Rapides Circuit formed - Miles Harper presiding Elder. 1814 John Shrock began work in Rapides area of Louisiana. 1817 Ashley Hewitt, Richmond Nolley, Jonathan C. Jones and . . . — — Map (db m125135) HM
Fort Buhlow and Fort Randolph were earthwork/moat fortifications constructed beginning October 1864 by Confederate forces anticipating a repetition of Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks Summer 1864 Red River
Expedition. Construction, completed March 1865, . . . — — Map (db m7848) HM
James Houston Davis graduated from Louisiana College in 1924. A legendary country music singer and songwriter, he is best known for the beloved hit song, "You Are My Sunshine." In politics, he served two non-consecutive terms as governor of the . . . — — Map (db m175142) HM
There are no detailed descriptions or illustrations of how Fort Buhlow was built. However, through military reports and other historical records it is known that Fort Buhlow was a circular earthwork fort with an outer ditch around it. It was . . . — — Map (db m147330) HM
There are no detailed descriptions or illustrations of
Fort Randoiph being built. However, it is known from
historic al reports that earthwork forts were roughly
circular in shape and had outer ditches surrounding
them. Fort Randolph was . . . — — Map (db m176465) HM
1926: The Corner Grocery Store stood at the intersection of Reagan and Main. 904 Main was Levy Lawrence's Rooming House in the 40's. Owl Drug Store in the 60's and today the City Court building. 1926: The Methodist Episcopal Church moved into a two . . . — — Map (db m111645) HM
1926: Frank Delahoussaye's Owl Drug Store was located at the corner of Shamrock and Main. It sold first to Drew and Ferol Lacroix and then to Fred Tannehill. When the pharmacy relocated, the building became Lew Boyce's Grocery. Later the building . . . — — Map (db m120620) HM
Edward J. Barrett, an Irishman who was a soldier in the Federal Army of Occupation which was billeted in Pineville for two years after the conclusion of the Civil War, chose to remain and in 1868 married a local girl, Mary Reagan. He was later . . . — — Map (db m117917) HM
In 1908, the Bohemian Colonization Club was begun by J. Rosicky, publisher & editor of the Hospodαř, to establish family centered Czech colonies. In 1912, Wesly Wosterchil, Frank Zumpfe, and J. Sobotka located 21,000 acres of cut-over . . . — — Map (db m116058) HM
Louisiana Army National Guard Units mobilized in support of Operation Desert Storm and periods of Federal Service. 1099th Trans Det 27 Aug 90-29 Jun 91 1086th Trans Co 11 Oct 90-11 Jul 91 812th Med Co 21 Nov 90-3 Jun 91 256th Inf Bde (M) 30 . . . — — Map (db m197830) HM WM
The roots of Louisiana College extend to schools at Mount Lebanon (Bienville Parish) and Keachie (DeSoto Parish), founded in the 1850's by north Louisiana Baptists. By the end of the nineteenth century the Louisiana Baptist Convention (LBC) assumed . . . — — Map (db m110635) HM
In Commemoration
of the Korean War
"Freedom is Not Free"
20 June 1950-27 July 1953 To Honor The Veterans of All Services And These Louisiana
National Guard Units mobilized for The Korean War
5 October 1950 - 773rd Tank Battalion
. . . — — Map (db m225056) HM WM
Type: Field Artillery
Manufacturer: American made French gun
Weight: 3,404 lbs (1.7 tons)
Rate of fire: 15-30 rpm burst; 3-4rpm sustained
Range: 9,300 to 12,000 yards
Ammunition: 75 mm, high explosive, high explosive anti-tank, schrapnel . . . — — Map (db m225027) HM
Caliber: 75mm
Ammunition Types: high explosive,
white phosphorous, armor piercing
Maximum range: 13,670 yards
Rate of fire: 20 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 1.955 feet per second
Burst radius of shell: 60 yards
Method of movement: . . . — — Map (db m225051) HM
Type: Towed Field Artillery
Weight:
30,600 lbs (15.3 tons)
Rate of fire:
40 rounds per hour
Range:
14.7 miles
Ammunition:
155 mm projectile, separate charge
Crew: 14
Number Built:
1,882
The "Long Tom" Field Gun was . . . — — Map (db m200286) HM
Type: Heavy Tank/Medium Tank Manufacturer: Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant, Fisher Tank Arsenal Production Year: 1945 Weight: 92,000lbs (46 tons) Armament: 90mm Gun M3, Two Browning .30-06, Browning .50 MAx Speed: 30 mph, 5.25 mph off-road Cruising . . . — — Map (db m197404) HM
Type: Anti-Tank Gun
Manufacturer: Watervliet Arsenal, Rock Island Arsenal
Weight: 912 lbs
Rate of fire: Up to 25 rounds per minute
Range: 4.29 Miles
Ammunition: High explosive, canister rounds
Crew:4-6
Number Built: 18,702
Date of . . . — — Map (db m224938) HM
Type: Medium Tank
Manufacturer:
Ford Motor Company
Production Date: June, 1943
Weight:
66,800 lbs (33.4 tons)
Armament:
75 mm gun
.30 caliber Coaxial Machine Gun
.30 caliber Bow Machine Gun (operated by an assistant driver) . . . — — Map (db m199598) HM
Type: Military Engineering Vehicle
Manufacturer: Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant and Anniston Army Depot
Weight: 104,400 lbs (52.2 tons)
Armament: 165mm M135; 7.62mm M240 and 12.7mm M85 Machine Gun
Max Speed: 30mph Cruising Range: 280 miles . . . — — Map (db m224901) HM
1910: Main Street was paved and sidewalks were added. Prior to 1927, homes and vacant filled the block. The Protective Union Hall, Negro Benevolent Society, was both meeting place and school for black children until 1916. In the late 20's, the . . . — — Map (db m120622) HM
The cemetery was purchased in 1858 by St. James Episcopal Church, Alexandria. It is the second oldest cemetery in Rapides Parish and has always served as a community burial ground. The earliest marker is 1824.
Mount Olivet Chapel was established . . . — — Map (db m110590) HM
Oldest Structure in Pineville. It was completed in 1857. At one time during the Civil War, it served as barracks for the Federals. Mount Olivet now serves as a chapel of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. — — Map (db m110432) HM
As settlers moved into central Louisiana in the mid-1700s, the
colonial Spanish government established a post named El Rapido, also
called Poste du Rapide by local French settlers.
During the same period, this site was selected as a . . . — — Map (db m208874) HM
This lake is named in honor forDr. Clarence PiersonBenefactor of the mentally ill in Louisiana Superintendent of the Central Louisiana State Hospital 1905 1928-1934 — — Map (db m116090)
Pineville today encompasses the first central Louisiana settlement begun on this spot in the early 1700's. Post Du Rapide took its name from "el rapido", the rapides in Spanish and "les rapide", from the French. The first levee was built along the . . . — — Map (db m116639) HM
Pineville, located on the Edmund Murphy Land Grant, part of the original Post du Rapide, offered a variety of goods and services to early settlers. Traders Beauboeuf, Poussin, and David brought the first stores to Pineville where the streets became . . . — — Map (db m116636) HM
Farmers from the north side of the Red River parked their wagons at Jessie Johnston's General Merchandise and Wagon Lot before they caught the ferry to Alexandria. 1905: Albert Rush and Jesse M. Kees purchased the store and continued to operate at . . . — — Map (db m129573) HM
In earlier days, businesses were often located in or adjacent to the owner's home. Such was the case when Mary Lawrence served as post master in the family store located on one side of her home. The general merchandise was owned by Rollo Lawrence, . . . — — Map (db m116871) HM
City of AlexandriaThe first merchant to locate in what is now Alexandria was Edmund Murphy, Irish trader, who opened a trading post where Bayou Rapides meets the Red River. He later received a land grant where the city of Pineveille now stands. . . . — — Map (db m116055) HM
Dedicated to the honor
and memory of combat
wounded veterans of the
armed forces of the
United States of America
who have been awarded
the Purple Heart Medal — — Map (db m225052) WM
Red Hill, as the block is called by local citizens, for many years was filled with muddy ruts. In 1867 Congress authorized large stones to be placed on the street between the ferry and the National Cemetery, but the street had fallen into such . . . — — Map (db m116873) HM
Provided for by Constitution of 1845 with funds from fed. land grants. Opened, 1860; closed during Civil War; reopened, 1865. Burned 1869; moved to Institute for Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, Baton Rouge. Became Louisiana State University, 1870. — — Map (db m110942) HM
Louisiana acquired the land on this site as the location of the Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana in 1853. George Mason Graham from nearby Bayou Rapides chaired the Board of Trustees appointed to construct a building and determine the . . . — — Map (db m136033) HM
The Lexington is freed By May 8, the water level had risen five feet four inches, allowing the lighter draft gunboats, the Fort Hindman, Neosho, and Osage, to cross the upper rapids and wait behind the dams. Fearing that . . . — — Map (db m38534) HM
1923: The foot of Red Hill was the site of the cyclone , April 4, that destroyed much of Pineville from the bottom of the hill to the banks of the Red River. Harry Morris, owner, saw his store leveled by the cyclone. Dee Brady Plumbing later . . . — — Map (db m116868) HM
The earliest known Jewish settler in the Alexandria-Pineville area was Henry Michael Hyams, whose name appears in the 1830 census. The earliest grave marker identifiable on this site tells that Augusta Bernstein, daughter of Samuel Bernstein, was . . . — — Map (db m38329) HM
"I trust some future historian will treat this matter as it deserves to be treated, because it is a subject in which the whole country should feel an interest..." Rear Admiral David D. Porter May 16, 1864 Assembling the Troops In March . . . — — Map (db m38368) HM
Location The site selected for the location of the Seminary building was on a hill in an opening of the pine woods north of the Red River, within four miles of the city of Alexandria, Louisiana.Building Description The main building . . . — — Map (db m111163) HM
This Stone Was A Part Of The 1st LA. Seminary Built A.D. 1859 And marks the original site Destroyed by fire in 1869 Placed by The Colonial Dames Of Alexandria June 1926 — — Map (db m110805) HM
Type: Utility and Medical Evacuation; 3,880 lb cargo, 10 troops or 6 stretchers
Manufacturer: Bell Helicopter
Engine: Single Turboshaft
Max Speed: 142 mph
Range: 287 miles
Number Built:
more than 16,000
Crew: 1-4
The UH-1 was . . . — — Map (db m213284) HM
Welcome to Fort Buhlow. This was a Confederate Civil War fort built in 1864.
It was an earthwork fort constructed with a ditch around it. You may notice that the fort was built on a hill overlooking the Red River. This was a strategic location . . . — — Map (db m147024) HM
Fort Buhlow is named after Lieutenant Alphonse Buhlow. Buhlow entered the Confederate Army on August 18, 1861 as a private in the 11th Louisiana Infantry Regiment. He was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department as a lieutenant where he . . . — — Map (db m148005) HM
General Kirby Smith organized five artillery batteries called the Siege Train Battalion to be posted at Fort Buhlow and Fort Randolph. In mid-December 1864, Major Richard M. Venable arrived at the forts. He had trained as an artillery and engineer . . . — — Map (db m147588) HM
Major General Kirby Smith chose five artillery batterie to be stationed at the forts. They were known as the Siege Train Battalion and consisted of the 26th, 27th and 31st regiments, and the 8th Battalion of Heavy Artillery and the 2nd Field . . . — — Map (db m174738) HM
Why was Fort Buhlow built? Fort Buhlow was built in response to rumors that the Union Army was going to attack the Red River in the spring of 1865. General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department, saw that . . . — — Map (db m147326) HM
Louisiana had suffered repeated invasions by the
Union Army in 1863 and 1864. There were fears
that a spring 1865 attack was going to be made.
General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the
Trans-Mississippi Department, saw a need for . . . — — Map (db m176369) HM
Type: Ό Ton Four-wheel Drive Utility Vehicle
Manufacturer: Willys-Overland Motors
Weight: 2,665 lbs (1.3 ton)
Engine: Hurricane F-Head inline-four, 134 cu in, 72 hp
Max Speed: 60mph
Operational Range: 220 miles
Commonly known as the . . . — — Map (db m200693) HM
