The first detailed history of Caddo Parish, Louisiana and the nearby area written in chronological order. Mrs. Carruth has bridged the episodes in Shreveport’s development, and related them to state and national events in this 1970 edition.
History, when it comes right down to the writing of it, has a way of rewarding the vigilant community and penalizing the improvident.  The stuff from which it  is made can be as enduring as a hierglyphic or as fragile as gauze.  Frequently, events which seem trivial at the moment take on significance later-but details become clouded by time’s passage, and slip to diminished worth while the historian is striving to grasp the precise picture.
A community, then, should be sensitive to the footfalls of time;  because the town which fails to assess its happenings at reasonbale intervals finds history elusive to those cherishing it too late.
“In 1817, Captain Shreve invented what became the typical Mississippi steamboat. He added luxury to riverboat travel with private rooms, barrooms, and served epicurean meals with much formality. He was credited with coining the maritime term “stateroom” because he used the names of states rather than numbers to designate the cabins.”

Viola Carruth

ISBN: 978-1-68593-228-2

6 x 9 hardcover

242 Pages

Published: First Printing 1970, Reprinted 2025