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Unincorporated areas of interest in the parish include Abington, Armistead, Bayou Pierre, Chrichton, Cross Roads, East Point, Gahagan, Hanna, Harman, Hollingsworth, Howard, Lake End, Loggy Bayou, Methvin, Piermont, West Dale, Williams and Womack. Events include Coushatta Day, Coushatta Lignite Festival, Red River Parish Fair. |
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Coushatta-Red River Chamber of Commerce P. O. Box 33 Coushatta, LA 71019 318-932-3289 |
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History | |
| 1805 |
When the Territory of Orleans is divided into counties the present-day Red River Parish is part of Natchitoches County |
| 1871 March 2 |
Red River Parish is created by the legislature from other parishes in the area. The parish seat is at Coushatta Chute on the east bank of the river. Most of the town's citizens had moved the year before from Springville, on higher ground last year. Like other parishes created during the Reconstruction era Red River was created to give more offices, and power, to the carpetbag rulers. |
| 1872 March 2 |
The first courthouse is built in Coushatta Chute. |
| 1874 August 30 |
The Coushatta Riots bring an end to carpetbag rule in Red River Parish. As tensions mounted proponents of home rule met and fired by rumors of black violence they arrested six Republican office holders and were taking them to Shreveport to throw them out of the state, but on this date the group was attacked and the Republicans were executed. Other blacks being held for suspicion of violence were taken from jail and hanged. In a separate incident much of the town of Coushatta is destroyed by fire |
| 1875 June |
A telegraph line is installed in June from Coushatta to Minden in June and by the next month is completed to Natchitoches. |
| 1898 |
An area of the east bank in Red River Parish caves in allowing the river to change its channel.When the L, R and N Railroad is built through the area the town of Coushatta Chute is moved a mile to the east. |
| 1914 February |
The first oil well is drilled in Red River Parish. |
| 1918 |
Another fire destroys Coushatta in its new location. |
| 1926 |
The present courthouse is built in Coushatta. The small room on the second floor has a hangman's scaffold and a trap door that has never been used. |
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Education |
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Director - Marvin Lewis P. O. Box 1367 Coushatta, LA 71019-2008 Email - glrr@pelican.state.lib.la.us American Library Directory 1999-2000, R. R. Bowker |
