In this second book on the Cotile community of Central Louisiana, author Patsy Barber covers a broad scope. From the edge of Alexandria, to the falls in the river, Bayou Rapides and from Cane River & Monette Ferry to the Vernon Parish line. Twenty years of research reviews local history from 1800 to 1945, including thousands of names.
    Her purpose in this 1994 new & second book shows how people made a living and what happened to them because of the way they made a living. Sixty interviews bring a wide swath, including plantation culture contrasted with the lumber industry of 1900. Include are many maps, photos, an index, and extensive bibliography with footnotes of sources.

 “Above the falls the Red River, that untameable, whimsical, rough and tumbling waterway, is an image of pacific qualities harboring clandestine snares and hidden ghosts befallen to the macabre elements...”

By Patsy Barber

Page Count: 520

6x9 Hardcover

First Printing 1994, Reprinted 2025

ISBN: 978-1-68593-232-9