Jolie Crider Memorial Skatepark 2.0
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Haney's Big House (July 2, 1895 - February 12, 1972)
Will Haney, a World War I vet, was one of Ferriday's leading African-American businessmen who made his living selling insurance, managing rental property and operating a laundry and hotel. But he...
- louisiana
- music
Yosha Heroism
From hebrew: "To Mazal and Pinkhas Yosha, for your arrival at heroism [symbolizing the age of 80], from the family"
Autry - Williams House
The home of several leading Newton County businessmen, this house was constructed in 1912 by turpentine producer L. M. Autrey. In 1918 he sold it to N. A. Dawson, a road contractor. From 1923 to...
- texas
- residence
- newton
- newton county
Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker - Trombonist (1906-1993)
Leon "Pee Wee” Whittaker was born circa 1906. He was raised mostly by his mother, Kizzie who could play "most anything” remembered Pee Wee. Mrs. Whittaker took Pee Wee on tour with her band...
- louisiana
- musician
Dr. Samuel M. Brown
South Carolina native Samuel M. Brown served with distinction as a surgeon in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He and his family settled in East Texas in 1866 and in 1871 moved to...
- texas
- doctor
- cemetery
Long Leaf Depot
The depot was built on this site about 1906 as a joint agency of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern RR and the Red River and Gulf RR. Both shared expenses equally, and the RR&G...
- louisiana
- lumber
- railroad
Jimmy Ochiltree Sims Home
Born in Orange, J.O. Sims (1874-1961) rose from clerk to Board Chairman during his long career with the First National Bank. He married Mary Alberta Spooner (1879-1948) in 1899 and built...
- texas
- house
- nrhp
The Commissary
The commissary was the social heart of any lumber or logging town. It handled all the necessities of life and also served as a meeting place for the various families, and off duty workers.The...
- louisiana
- lumber
- town
Captain George M. Levingston (Feb. 25, 1874 - Oct. 27, 1971)
A licensed river captain and the son of a pioneer area shipbuilder, George M. Levingston was a leader in the development of Orange's shipbuilding industry. In 1933, after years of experience...
- texas
- orange
- citizen