A couple of days ago I received a USB drive from my compadre Everett Lueck of the Southern Forest Heritage Museum that contains an enormous amount of information about life in Central Louisiana in the early to mid 20th century. The files that he sent me include documents, newspaper articles, letters, a couple of videos and huge amount of vintage photographs. The bulk of the material focuses on the lumber industry and the railroads that operated in this part of the state,
I have just started to go through it all so that I can begin to put together some articles. While I'm doing that I thought it would be fun to pick out a handful of photos and post them this morning as a sneak preview of what's to come.
The crew of Red River & Gulf #105.
Locomotives in the Red River & Gulf engine house.
A crew working on the street in downtown Lecompte. (date unknown)
The office staff of the Longleaf lumber mill.
A farmer plowing a field. (date unknown)
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A vintage steam locomotive running solo.
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