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Posted on 5/16/18 at 9:13 am to White Roach
Bogalusa, LA Population (courtesy Wiki)
Posted on 5/16/18 at 9:28 am to soccerfüt
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Bogalusa, LA Population (courtesy Wiki)
The closed Facebook Group "My Bogalusa" is an absolute shitshow. In a fun way.
Posted on 5/16/18 at 9:36 am to mikelbr
When I was at Southeastern, people from Bogalusa thought it was God's country...They never really knew their home town was a shite hole...
This post was edited on 5/16/18 at 9:37 am
Posted on 5/16/18 at 9:37 am to mikelbr
quote:Somehow, some way some one (very inappropriately) hung the name "Magic City" on Bogalusa.
The closed Facebook Group "My Bogalusa" is an absolute shitshow. In a fun way.
Every time I see or hear of a reference to Magic City, I lol.
Posted on 5/16/18 at 9:38 am to mikelbr
The Facebook group, "Bogalusa Then and Now" has over 11,000 members. More than the entire population of the town.
Posted on 5/16/18 at 9:45 am to PCRammer
So sad how little recognition this gets.
Posted on 5/16/18 at 9:47 am to Bryno1960
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As a teenager, I got to meet Kansas who stayed at the Sportsman Inn where my Mom was a desk clerk. I also remember Stevie Wonder giving a concert while he recorded there as well.
I visited the studio a couple of times around that same era. The first time I got to hear some of Masque right after they recorded it but I never got to meet the band. The second time was when Stevie Wonder was recording there (but was not present that particular day). The entire room was filled with keyboards. One of them was one of the first polyphonic synthesizers ever made. It might as well have been the Ark of the Covenant for me because I was completely geeked out on electronic music at the time.
I also got to hear some of Leftoverture on that visit. It hadn't even been mixed down yet. They played it for me on the big Sony 24 track tape machine.
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They never really knew their home town was a shite hole...
It really wasn't a shite hole until the 70's. In the 60's it was a pretty nice place to grow up.
Posted on 5/16/18 at 10:41 am to MountainTiger
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It really wasn't a shite hole until the 70's. In the 60's it was a pretty nice place to grow up.
Bogalusa really wasn't that bad of a place in the 70's either. It seems like it's been the last 25 or so years that it's really turned into a cesspool. I only go back now to put flowers on my Mom and Dad's grave at Mt. Pleasant in Lee's Creek. It's just so depressing to ride through town and see how bad it is.
Even though Studio in the Country has a Bogalusa address, we always used to think of where it is as part of Varnado.
Posted on 5/16/18 at 10:50 am to Bryno1960
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Bogalusa really wasn't that bad of a place in the 70's either. It seems like it's been the last 25 or so years that it's really turned into a cesspool.
You're probably right about that. We moved away in '71 (to N. La.) but came back to visit fairly often. After I graduated LSU in the early 80's there was a long period when I didn't go back. When I finally did, I was shocked.
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It's just so depressing to ride through town and see how bad it is.
Oh I know. It's hard to bear.
Posted on 5/16/18 at 12:38 pm to PCRammer
Larry Bird set the Celtics game scoring record in New Orleans when the Celtics played the Atlanta Hawks.
Posted on 5/16/18 at 12:53 pm to PCRammer
Natchitoches, not New Orlean oranywhere else, is the oldest town in the state and the La. Purchase. It also is the birthplace of the coolest motherfricker on Tigerdroppings
Posted on 5/16/18 at 12:58 pm to blueridgeTiger
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Another little tidbit about Bogalusa - five young men from there endured the infamous Bataan Death March.
And yet another tidbit about Bogalusa is that it was on a site selection list of 23 for the location of Johnson Space Center. The list was cut to 9 and Baton Rouge and Shreveport were on that list before Houston was chosen. The land it was built on was donated by Rice University.
Try this: “Bogalousa..Tranquility base here. The eagle has landed.”
It was originally Manned Spacecraft Center
This post was edited on 5/16/18 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 5/16/18 at 1:04 pm to PCRammer
I'm from Louisiana, but spent most of my young years in Brandon, MS, so I claim it.
What's now Centenary College in Shreveport was established in Clinton, MS, but was soon relocated to Brandon Springs, MS, around 1840. I spent a long time in Brandon and never heard of a Brandon Springs, and with good reason because it's now in the woods. Google maps will pull it up and it's in the middle of nowhere. Not even any close roads.
Anyway, Centenary moved to Jackson, LA, soon after that, and of course eventually moved to Shreveport.
What's now Centenary College in Shreveport was established in Clinton, MS, but was soon relocated to Brandon Springs, MS, around 1840. I spent a long time in Brandon and never heard of a Brandon Springs, and with good reason because it's now in the woods. Google maps will pull it up and it's in the middle of nowhere. Not even any close roads.
Anyway, Centenary moved to Jackson, LA, soon after that, and of course eventually moved to Shreveport.
Posted on 5/16/18 at 1:17 pm to TheHarahanian
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Anyway, Centenary moved to Jackson, LA, soon after that, and of course eventually moved to Shreveport.
Some of the buildings are still in Jackson and are owned by the state and open as a museum. Fine old buildings.
Posted on 5/16/18 at 2:33 pm to Hangover Haven
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When I was at Southeastern, people from Bogalusa thought it was God's country...They never really knew their home town was a shite hole...
I've never lived there, so I really can't authoritatively say whether Bogalusa is a wonderful place to live or not, but the few people I know from Bogalusa all seem to have had a certain affection for the place. I spent two nights at the Choctaw Motel while working a short project at the paper mill in the early '80s. I've had no reason to go back since then.
This post was edited on 5/16/18 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 5/16/18 at 2:37 pm to Bryno1960
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Even though Studio in the Country has a Bogalusa address, we always used to think of where it is as part of Varnado.
This. The addresses out there are all mixed up -- my cousin is between Pine and Stateline, and her address is Angie. My grandma is almost to Angie and her address is Franklinton. Can't really go by that. When people ask about the Studio, most people I have heard respond say "over around Varnado..."
Posted on 5/16/18 at 2:40 pm to White Roach
Back in the '70s, Bogalusa High School had some really good football teams. My HS went there is the mid '70s for a non district game and got our asses kicked. I remember the stadium was packed to capacity.
Posted on 5/16/18 at 2:43 pm to Martini
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Try this: “Bogalousa..Tranquility base here. The eagle has landed.”
Bogalusa, we've had a problem.
Doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
Posted on 5/16/18 at 2:51 pm to doublecutter
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Back in the '70s, Bogalusa High School had some really good football teams. My HS went there is the mid '70s for a non district game and got our asses kicked. I remember the stadium was packed to capacity.
Lumberjacks won the state championship in AAA either in '69 or '70 I believe. At that time AAA was as far as it went. They introduced quad-A the next year and Bogalusa went to the state championship game against West Jeff and we just got crushed. West Jeff had this running back that was like 250 pounds -- huge for that time period! Nobody could tackle the guy. I think he was bigger than anybody on Bogalusa's defense.
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