https://shreveportmartyrs.org/ If you are interested in the Shreveport Yellow Fever epidemic of 1873 and the five priests that are on the path to Sainthood in the Catholic Church (including Monroe's Father Gergaud), this video done by Shreveport church is a very interesting watch. Just click on the above link.
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Farmerville quarantines against Monroe
This amusing little paragraph in the New Orleans Daily Delta, October 26, 1853 shows just how frightened locals were of the yellow fever scourge! FENCING OUT YELLOW FEVER. - The Farmersville Enquirer has the following notice of the efficiency of the town council of that flourishing village, in their measures for keeping out the yellow … Continue reading Farmerville quarantines against Monroe
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 