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Natchitoches | What's in a Name?

Clip: Episode 17 | 9m 24sVideo has Closed Captions

Natchitoches | What's in a Name?

This segment from the “What’s in a Name, Part 2” episode of the series “Lost Louisiana” from March 20, 2006, features Charlie Whinham’s visit to Iowa (pronounced: eye-oh-way) in Calcasieu Parish. He talks to Dr. Joe Cash of McNeese State University about the role of J.B. Watkins, an owner of land, a railroad, and a newspaper, in encouraging people from the Midwest to move to southwest Louisiana,.

02/19/2021

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