Check out these photos Twin Blends researched at the Northwest Louisiana Archives at LSUS by photographer R.B. Talfor.

In 1831, the first steamboat ... to persons who established the town of Shreveport. And now you know. Milton Dunn, “Steamboats that Plied Red River Prior to War Between the States, Up to ...

And storefronts in Shreveport actually faced the Red River in the 19th century ... “We had people coming in by rail, by steamboat, and we had a lot of entertainment–some was even legal.” ...