Shreveport | Red River Historian

Oct 14, 2023

The Gardie Eastman, the last Steamboat on the Red River?

Decommissioned in 1926, the Gardie Eastman may well have been the last steamboat to traverse the entirety of the Red River.

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Jan 31, 2023

Learn that Business: Draughon's Practical Business Colleges

Draughon's Business Colleges private offered a "no-frills education without sports teams, commencement, and other distractions."

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Jun 28, 2021

Dr. King's Visit to Shreveport

An oral history about Dr. Martin Luther King's visit to Shreveport in the 1950s.

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