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Until 1762, the land that would eventually become Beauregard Parish was a part of the Spanish holdings in Louisiana, as, at that time, the border between Spain and France was acknowledged as the Rio Hondo (now known as the Calcasieu river); however the land between the Rio Hondo and the Sabine river was in some dispute as the French were beginning to occupy land on the west side of the Rio Hondo.
The first train line to serve DeRidder came in 1897. It was the Pittsburgh & Gulf Railroad, later called the Kansas City Southern. The July 26, 1924, the DeRidder Enterprise stated: "The first house in DeRidder was made of logs and covered with board shingles, split by hand from the logs of the forest. It was constructed in 1893 and was the old ...
The Hudson River Lumber Company donated a tract of land to the City of DeRidder. Property that adjoined this tract was owned by the First Baptist Church. The newly formed Beauregard Parish Police Jury, carved out of the old Imperial Calcasieu Parish, [3] purchased the property and a building from the church.
Location of Beauregard Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, United States.
People who were born in, or strongly associated with, DeRidder, Louisiana Pages in category "People from DeRidder, Louisiana" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
The DeRidder Commercial Historic District is a historic district in DeRidder, Louisiana.It covers an 8 acres (3.2 ha) area roughly bounded by Washington Street, West 2nd Street, Stewart Street, and West Port Street and comprises three blocks of commercial and commerce related buildings dating from 1900 to 1933.
DeRidder, Louisiana, U.S. Education: McNeese State University Southern University Law Center : James David Cain Jr. (born November 30, 1964) [1] is a United States ...
Casper ten Boom (18 May 1859 – 9 March 1944) was a Dutch Christian who helped many Jews and resisters escape the Nazis during the Holocaust of World War II. He is the father of Betsie and Corrie ten Boom , who also aided the Jews and were sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp , where Betsie died.