464. Wesley Harris, Part 1

464. Part 1 of our interview with Wesley Harris. Our friend Wesley has not only been in local law enforcement for decades, he has also become a local historian investigating Lincoln Parish and North Louisiana. His books include Ruston, Neither Fear Nor Favor, Fish out of Water, Burglary for the Patrol Officer, The Roundup: The Military, the Marshals, and Political Shenanigans in Claiborne and Lincoln Parishes, 1874, William R. Meadows: Slave, Soldier, Symbol. Join us as we discuss that local history with Wesley.

1. This week in Louisiana history. April 9, 1682. Louisiana Territory is so named by the Sieur de La Salle who reaches the mouth of the Mississippi April 9 with a party of 50 men after descending from the Illinois River.
2. This week in New Orleans history.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Louisiana Lao New Year Celebration
   April 2-17, 2022
   View Website
   7913 Champa Ave.
   Broussard LA 70518
   Lanexang Village celebrates the Lao New Year every Easter weekend with a three-day festival that includes live music, a beauty pageant, parades, sand castle building, kids activities, and several vendors selling clothes, jewelry, music and food from Southeast Asia. $50 VIP all-access passes are available and includes reserved parking, food, a free guided tour, access to VIP parade lounge and to the Tea-time performance banquet.  Amenities: General Information, Family Friendly, Handicapped Accessible, Free Parking.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Beasts of Bourbon.

Listen on iTunes.
Listen on Google Play.
Listen on Google Podcasts.
Listen on Spotify.
Listen on Stitcher.
Listen on TuneIn.
The Louisiana Anthology Home Page.
Like us on Facebook.