Yellow Fever Virtual Exhibit
Downtown’s Spring Street Museum is still closed to the public but has just launched a new...
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Category: Downtown History BLOG
Courthouse Memorial to Move to Desoto Parish
The Confederate Memorial will soon be moving to a new home near the site where the Battle of Mansfield was fought in 1864. The United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter 237 are the statute’s owners and told local media...
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Robert Trudeau’s Downtown History Tours
Former educator Robert Trudeau is putting his teaching hat on again to offer Downtown Walking...
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365 Days of Winning
What do you do if you’re a major non-profit that has for years relied on a hugely...
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Come See the Big Changes At the ‘Y’
Way back in 1920, the pastor of the City of Shreveport’s First Baptist Church told his...
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Your COVID Memories in a Time Capsule
In a popular 1970s ballad, Jim Croce sang about memories, of time kept in a bottle. The owners of...
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Andress Ford’s New Life
April 16, 2020 Update: Construction crews at 717 Crockett are on the job, first tackling...
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From Montgomery Ward to Artspace: History in 5
Given as a History in 5 talk at the June 2019 Downtown Artwalk. Those of you who have heard my...
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Railroads Without Locomotives?
By Dave Bland, Editor, Red River Valley Railroad Historical Society Newsletter & Board Member,...
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Downtown Scavenger Hunt
We know that you are looking for things to do that provide proper social distancing. We have just...
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The Remarkable Life of Mary Bennett Cane
When you think of Shreveport, you think of one Captain Henry Miller Shreve. Shreve’s battles...
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Mr. Moossy and the Order of Otters
The one thing that is certain when purchasing a building downtown is that there will be at least...
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