Immaculate Conception
Natchitoches, Louisiana: Oldest City in the Louisiana PurchaseWe heard that the Christmas light display was beauteous spectacular at Natchitoches, Louisiana (NAK-a-tish). On the way we stopped at Fort Jesup, a US Army Frontier Outpost from 1822-1846. Much of what we have been taught when it comes to the Louisiana Purchase in school is not rather the entire truth. The land did not include anything East of the Mississippi or West of the Red River. Spain claimed them. Until 1821 the Western share of Louisiana was a "no man's land". Boundaries were in dispute. The Adams-Onis Treaty of 1821 set the Sabine River as the Western boundary of Louisiana. The fort helped protect the settlers of the area. Some of the cited figures who commanded the fort were Zachary Taylor and Henry Leavenworth. US Grant was a standard visitor. The fort was a pretty good place to be stationed. For culture and the finer things of life, Natchitoches was close by and Shawnee Town was even closer for less refined pleasures. Off to Nachitoches we drove. Situated along the Cane River, which substituted the Red River for the duration of a change in water flow, the city boasts as being the oldest one in the Louisiana Purchase. Started in 1714, it became a major marketing center and rivaled The Crescent City for it is beauty and culture. Wrought iron railings form the second floor balconies in the historic district. A reproduction of Fort Jean Baptiste stands near the original website of the fort. Immaculate Conception Church, once the diocesan seat was started out in 1717. Many of it is furnishings were imported from France. Fr. Stephen Scott Chemino, the pastor, gave a guided tour of the Cathedral and the Bishop Martin Museum. Bishop Martin was the primary bishop of Nachitoches and started a seminary. When an outbreak of yellow fever occurred in Shreveport in the late 1800s six seminarians faced sure death by going there to support the victims. Other buildings of note are The Old Courthouse, Kaffie-Frederick General Store, the house where Steel Magnolias was filmed, and the campus of Northwestern State University. Natchitoches is known for it is meat pies and dirty rice. Laysone Restaurant, open for Breakfast and Lunch is the place to sample these delicious treats. The meat pie was very good, but I prefer the pasties from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, a matter of taste. The dirty rice is delicious and has a bit of a kick to it. The town is in the midst of the Festival of Lights for the duration of December. The town has been celebrating this for seventy-nine years, since 1927. Animated light displays make their reflectiveness along the Cane River for six blocks. The bridge at Church Street is covered with lights and the streets of Front and Second twinkles with thousands of colored bulbs. The festival will culminate with a spectacular fireworks and laser. One 150,00 humans are expected to witness the festivities. Louis Juchereau de St. Denis founded the primary permanent French settlement in the territory later to be share of the Louisiana Purchase. As a reward for service to a lot of of his men, he awarded them tracts of land along the Cane River. One of the officers fathered a great deal of children with a woman of color, Marie Therese Coincoin, who was a slave. When the officer took a wife a problem ensued with his kinship with Marie. The Commandant of the fort, an honorary man, said that the officer had to free Marie and her children and also provide for them. He gave her a tract of land, now known as Melrose Plantation. Under her astute leadership, the plantation prospered. In later years it became a mecca for artists, writers, and historians, who not only worked the fields, but likewise had to bestow to the cultural development of the community. One of the most famous residents was Clementine Hunter, a folk artisan who recorded life on the plantation in her paintings. Nowadays the plantation is open for tours, except this day, because of the festival.
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