Shreve Town was originally contained within the boundaries of a section of land sold to the company by the indigenous
Caddo Indians
The Caddo people comprise the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, a federally recognized tribe headquartered in Binger, Oklahoma. They speak the Caddo language.
The Caddo Confederacy was a network of Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, who ...
in the year of 1835, during the period of
Indian Removal.
[Plummer, Marguerite R. & Joiner, Gary D. (2000)]
''Historic Shreveport-Bossier: An Illustrated History of Shreveport and Bossier City''
pp. 11–12. Historical Publishing Network. In 1838, Caddo Parish was created from the large
Natchitoches Parish
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and Shreve Town was designated as the parish seat. Shreveport remains the
parish seat
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of Caddo Parish today. On March 20, 1839, the town was incorporated as "
Shreveport
Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, Lo ...
".
[
]
1900 to present
Shreveport was home to the ''Louisiana Hayride
''Louisiana Hayride'' is a radio and later television country music show that was broadcast from the Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana; during its heyday from 1948 to 1960, it helped to launch the careers of some ...
'', a radio broadcast from the city's Municipal Auditorium. During its heyday from 1948 to 1960, it featured musicians who became noted nationally, such as Hank Williams, Sr., and Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the ...
(who got his start at this venue).
The city and region suffered during and after the decline of the oil business. Both blacks and whites lost good-paying work, and many people left. After the third black man had been fatally shot by whites within a few months, on September 23–24, 1988, there was rioting in black neighborhoods after charges were reduced for a defendant in a case of a young white woman fatally shooting a David McKinney, a black man who appeared to be an innocent bystander.
Since the downturn in the oil industry and other economic problems, the city has struggled with a declining population, unemployment, poverty, drugs and violent crime. City data from 2017 showed a dramatic increase in certain violent crimes from the previous year, including a 138 percent increase in homicides, a 21 percent increase in forcible rapes and more than 130 percent increases in both business armed robberies and business burglaries.[The Shreveport Times]
Police Chief Addresses Shreveport's Rising Violent Crime
'', 26 June 2017, retrieved 16 Dec 2017'' In 2018 the local government and police authorities reported a crime drop
The crime drop or crime decline is a pattern observed in many countries whereby rates of many types of crime declined by 50% or more beginning in the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s.
The crime drop is not a new phenomenon emerging in the 1990s ...
in most categories; it was part of an overall reduction in crime since the late 20th century. In late 2018, Shreveport was named the "worst place to live in Louisiana" and in 2019, the worst place to start a career.
On January 16, 2020, Advanced Aero Services planned to open a facility at Shreveport Regional Airport, with an estimated 1,000 jobs by the end of the decade.George Floyd
George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African-American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd had used a counterfeit tw ...
killing in Minnesota.
See also
* Timeline of Shreveport, Louisiana
References
External links
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