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Lee Emmett Thomas (23 September 1866 – 16 February 1935) was an American politician who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and its Speaker as a member of the Democratic party. He also served as the Mayor of Shreveport from 1922 to 1930 and ran unsuccessfully for US Senator for Louisiana against Joseph E. Ransdell in 1924.
Chi Chi DeVayne (1985–2020), drag queen and entertainer. Virginia Hewitt (1925-1986), American actress. Jared Leto, Oscar-winning actor. Joshua Logan (1908–1988), Broadway director of South Pacific and Mister Roberts; born in Texarkana, Texas, but raised in Shreveport. Mary Miles Minter (1902–1984), silent film actress.
Emma Rowena Gatewood (née Caldwell; October 25, 1887 – June 4, 1973), [1] better known as Grandma Gatewood, was an American ultra-light hiking pioneer. After a difficult life as a farm wife, mother of eleven children, and survivor of domestic violence, she became famous as the first solo female thru-hiker of the 2,168-mile (3,489 km) Appalachian Trail (A.T.) in 1955 at the age of 67.
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Greenwood is a suburban town in southern Caddo Parish, which is located in the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 3,166 at the 2020 United States census, [3] it is the third most populous incorporated municipality in Caddo Parish after Shreveport and Blanchard. Part of the Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan ...
Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium. / 32.50793°N 93.75296°W / 32.50793; -93.75296. Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium is a historic performance and meeting venue at 705 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is an Art Deco building constructed between 1926 and 1929 during the administration of Mayor Lee ...
Shreveport ( / ˈʃriːvpɔːrt / SHREEV-port) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. [ 8 ] It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish.