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| North America:The twenty fourth Democratic national convention meets in New York to nominate John W. Davis.
The eighteenth Republican national convention meets in Cleveland to nominate Calvin Coolidge. |
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January 1924
The tenth annual meeting of the Jefferson Highway Association meets in New Orleans to celebrate the completion of the highway through the state of Louisiana. Louisiana is the first state to complete a road along the route, Minnesota is a distant second. The celebration has fudged a little as the route starts in downtown New Orleans and the road to the Gulf of Mexico will not be finished for another few years. Jefferson Highway is completed across the state of Louisiana. Starting at New Orleans it goes through Baton Rouge, across the Mississippi and the Atchafalaya, through Melville and on to Bunkie and Alexandria. From Alexandria it heads toward Natchitoches and Mansfield, the only stretch that follows the State Highway 1 of today. From Mansfield it heads to Shreveport. The total distance through Louisiana is 420 miles. |
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Fuqua becomes Governor of Louisiana. Former Governor P. B. S. Pinchback is buried "quietly" in Metairie Cemetery. This in spite of the "white only" policy that should exclude the Reconstruction era governor. |
There will be a total of 3,500 miles of gravel highway completed before the end of the year. Jefferson Highway is completed across the state of Louisiana. Starting at New Orleans it heads through Baton Rouge across the Mississippi and the Atchafalaya through Melville and on to Bunkie and Alexandria. From Alexandria it heads toward Natchitoches and Mansfield. From Mansfield it heads to Shreveport. The total distance through Louisiana is 420 miles. During 1925 a more direct course between Natchitoches and Shreveport traveling along the west side of the Red River will knock off another 20 miles off of the distance. Old Spanish Trail goes west along a southern route following the U. S. Highway 90 of today. It starts with a drawbridge built by the War Department over the West Pearl River to Slidell across the Rigolets along Chef Menteur. From the west bank of New Orleans it heads toward Raceland with a detour past Thibodaux to Houma, Morgan City, Lafayette, Lake Charles and on to Orange, Texas. A short link near the Mermentau River is completed in October. The Dixie Overland Highway will stretch from Shreveport to Vicksburg on the Mississippi River. It is completed at the end of the year with the exception of 500 feet of swamp land in Lincoln Parish and a 7 mile stretch of Lafourche Swamp between Monroe and Rayville. This route includes two overhead crossings on either side of Arcadia to avoid dangerous grade crossings. It passes through Shreveport, Minden, Arcadia, Ruston and Monroe. Pershing Highway travels from the Arkansas state line north of Lillie through Dubach and (along today’s U. S. Highway 167) Ruston, Atlanta and Aloha (Grant Parish) to Alexandria. Pelican Highway is routed (along U. S. Highway 165) from Lake Charles through Oberlin, Oakdale, Alexandria, Pollock, Columbia, Monroe and Bastrop to the Arkansas state line. The Ozark or Mississippi Scenic Highway follows Jefferson Highway to Baton Rouge, turns toward St. Francisville (along U. S. Highway 61) through Woodville and Natchez across the Mississippi River back into Louisiana along the river (U. S. Highway 65) toward the Arkansas state line. Beauregard Highway is planned connecting Lake Charles with Shreveport follows the rout of U. S. Highway 171 through Deridder, Leesville Florien, Many, and catches the Jefferson Highway into Shreveport. Evangeline Highway starts at the Mississippi state line near Hammond through Baton Rouge and Opelousas to the Texas state line. |
Writer Sherwood Anderson returns to New Orleans and he and his wife take an apartment at 540-B St. Peter St. He will publish A story Tellers Story (1924) and Dark Laughter (1925). Most of his time is spent at informal parties and congenial conversation. Clarence ³Gatemouth² Brown born in Vinton, La. |
Black Gold, trained at the Fair Grounds, wins the Kentucky Derby, the Louisiana and Ohio derbies. | First Lake Pontchartrain bridge is completed at the Rigolets. | State legislature authorizes the Orleans Levee Board. | ||||||
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