The following article paints a picture of Catahoula Parish after the Civil War. It was written in July 1875.“When General Sheridan declared that human life was held too cheaply in Louisiana, and when his innocent ally, Bishop Wilmer, testified that there was no safety for life and property in this State, such a protest went up from associated merchants, traveling drummers and combined clergymen…
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