Historian Stanley Fletcher has compiled over 137 communities that have existed in Vernon Parish, Louisiana from the earliest settlements of the past to present day. Included in this remarkable body of work are Origins, Dates, Physical Location, Founders, Post Offices, Schools, Churches, Cemetaries, Masonic Lodges, Population, Roads, Railroads, Businesses, and Sawmills. A thorough index of 700 early settler names provides a great reference to researchers of Central Louisiana and the No Man’s Land area.

“Leesville was named in honor of General Robert E. Lee by Edmund E. Smart, who gave the land for the parish seat. On early maps the area was called Hell’s Bay. The surrounding land was called Hog Waller on an 1876 map.”

“In 1917 about 200 colonists arrived by train from Llano, California. The New Llano colony had 29 industries, some of which were a broom factory, harness shop, ice plant, print shop, and eight farm/ranch ventures including agriculture, dairy, poultry, hog, sheep, and goat.”
 

By Stanley Fletcher

Page Count: 144

8.5x11 Hardcover

Printed 2023

ISBN: 978-1-68593-178-0