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Natchitoches Parish - "The Prairie"
Posted on 4/5/23 at 2:24 pm
Posted on 4/5/23 at 2:24 pm
I was looking on my official DoT wall map (2000 edition), and noticed how Black Lake turns into Clear Lake...and then turns into something called "The Prairie". It is not labeled on Google Maps. This was all I could find:
The Prairie
Any locals that can fill me in on the history? TIA!
The Prairie
Any locals that can fill me in on the history? TIA!
Posted on 4/5/23 at 2:25 pm to Big Scrub TX
Liberals aren’t welcomed here. Have a shitty day
Posted on 4/5/23 at 2:39 pm to Big Scrub TX
could it be the remains of the steamboat the "Prairie" that was destroyed in the Natchez Hurricane in 1840?
LINK
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The Natchez hurricane, on May 6, 1840, swept over the Southern part of Natchitoches Parish, coming from the Southwest, originating in the Gulf of Mexico. The day following, May 7th, another followed, in the identical path of the other. Unparallelled was the destruction of this hurricane. For miles the view was unobstructed, the timber was all destroyed, and at Pierre La Butte Bluffs the top soil was all blown off in places for several feet. The matter in the soil that supplied the arborescent fibre was blown away or destroyed, and the timber to this day, is a stunted diminutive growth, although it.has been 80 years since the storm occurred. The violence of the storm passed about half a mile below the mouth of Cane river, and its path crossed Red river. Eli Du Bois and Landry Carasco were blown across river, and lodged in a thorn tree, unhurt. A cart and yoke of oxen were blown across the river, and were unhurt. The track of this destructive hurricane, crossed Iatt Lake and Suoffords Creek, and the effects of it are visible today. At Natchez the destruction was awful. Several steamboats were destroyed. The “Hines” was blown out into the river, and capsized, and the crew and all the passengers were lost, except four. The wreck of the “Hints” was afterwards found at Baton Rouge, with 51 dead bodies on board, 48 males, and 3 females. Among the latter was a little girl of three years. The “Prairie” just arrived from St. Louis, the whole upper deck was blown off, all passengers and crew were blown into the river, and drowned, among the number four ladies. The wharf boat and two hundred flat boats sank, and many lives were lost. Four hundred people were known to have been killed.
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Posted on 4/5/23 at 2:47 pm to Salmon
quote:
could it be the remains of the steamboat the "Prairie" that was destroyed in the Natchez Hurricane in 1840?
Very independent of you to answer.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 2:51 pm to Mr. Hangover
quote:Great. Go find one and then frick off.
Liberals aren’t welcomed here. Have a shitty day
Posted on 4/5/23 at 2:52 pm to Salmon
quote:Hmm. Doesn't seem so, but maybe??!!
could it be the remains of the steamboat the "Prairie" that was destroyed in the Natchez Hurricane in 1840?
Posted on 4/5/23 at 3:01 pm to Big Scrub TX
On a 1949 topo I looked at, it is labeled the Prairie and looks like it was most likely a wet depressional prairie wetland prior with a much smaller pond in the middle.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 3:07 pm to Big Scrub TX
Yeah. Not sure. Your link made it seem like more of an archeological feature.
Could just be a flooded area
Could just be a flooded area
Posted on 4/5/23 at 3:24 pm to Big Scrub TX
Labeled as “open prairie” on old arse 1800’s official us survey plat baw.
I’d reckon the Raft had an effect at some point.
I’d reckon the Raft had an effect at some point.
This post was edited on 4/5/23 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 4/5/23 at 3:45 pm to Big Scrub TX
Pretty much every tournament I have ever fished there was won in the prairie.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 3:54 pm to Big Scrub TX
A lot of that area contained blackland prairies Still a few remaining in that area mostly on the Winn District of the Kisatchie but a few scattered here and there on private.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 6:05 pm to Ron Cheramie
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A lot of that area contained blackland prairies Still a few remaining in that area mostly on the Winn District of the Kisatchie but a few scattered here and there on private.
Interesting shallow rabbit hole.
I knew the prairie Indians would burn the prairies every so often for the buffalo, but did not realize they had some of those in central Texas and Western La.
Cool.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 7:12 pm to Speckhunter2012
Used to be good duck hunting. Sucks arse now.
Can catch bass there sometimes.
Can catch bass there sometimes.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 8:43 pm to LSUdude3756
It shows up on the map as just pure blue lake. It's basically just a marsh land?
Posted on 4/5/23 at 9:03 pm to Big Scrub TX
I used to have a blind there many years ago. Mostly jacks and teal, but occasionally would have big ducks show up on front days. Fishing could be good at times as well. Most of it is less than 5-6 feet with a lot of stumps and scattered cypress. Had good memories out there as a young man.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 9:43 pm to Big Scrub TX
quote:m
Hmm. Doesn't seem so, but maybe??!!
It isn’t
Posted on 4/5/23 at 9:47 pm to jorconalx
Anything between CheeChee bay and Black lake, north of Majors road
Posted on 4/6/23 at 6:45 am to Big Scrub TX
Not much to be found on the ole interwebs, but between what others have said here regarding old maps, and the fact that a dam was built between Black Lake/Clear Lake and Saline Lake in the 1930s (below "The Prairie"), I'd say the area was historically a prairie that was flooded when the reservoir was created.
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