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Dallas-Shreveport railway in operation. [8] [1] Yellow fever outbreak. [1] [11] 1879 – Shreveport Daily Standard newspaper begins publication. [6] 1880 First Presbyterian Church built. [8] Population: 8,009. 1886 – Grand Opera House built. [8] 1887 – Shreveport Waterworks Pumping Station built. 1890 Shreveport Library Association formed. [12]
In late 2018, Shreveport was named the "worst place to live in Louisiana" and in 2019, the worst place to start a career. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] On January 16, 2020, Advanced Aero Services planned to open a facility at Shreveport Regional Airport, with an estimated 1,000 jobs by the end of the decade.
Shreveport (/ ˈ ʃ r iː v p ɔːr t / SHREEV-port) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. [4] It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish.
Also Mayor of Homer, LA and State Judge in 1861 Jonas Robeson: 1860: 1861: Democratic: Joseph Clinton Beall: ... Timeline of Shreveport, Louisiana; External links
Pages in category "History of Shreveport, Louisiana" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Timeline of Shreveport, Louisiana; B.
Downtown Shreveport is 10 miles (16 km) to the southeast. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10.3 km 2 ), all land. [ 6 ]
The French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle named the region Louisiana in 1682 to honor France's King Louis XIV. The first permanent settlement, Fort Maurepas (at what is now Ocean Springs, Mississippi, near Biloxi), was founded in 1699 by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, a French military officer from Canada.
Founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1871, Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. The city is the parish seat of Caddo Parish. A portion of east Shreveport extends in to Bossier Parish because of the changing course of the Red River. The city of Shreveport has a mayor-council government.