The sun was about an hour from setting as I pulled up to the courthouse. Some quick calculations let me know that no matter how fast I moved here there was no way I would make it to the next location before the sun was below the horizon so I felt no need to even … Continue reading 279. Jonesboro, Jackson Parish (LA24) →

What a stunningly gorgeous building in such a tiny, dusty town! In fact, that was the weirdest thing about Coushatta... It seemed like a lot of the dusty towns in West Texas, a far cry from the moisture that makes up half of Louisiana. It also had a little more ground than I might have … Continue reading 278. Coushatta, Red River Parish (LA23) →

Alright, this one was much tinier than the last! another postage stamp in another tiny town. Sometimes it really amazes me how this most important local location can be so devoid of existence. Granted, I'm usually at these places on weekends when nobody is about, but you can tell. That, and I've been to enough … Continue reading 277. Many, Sabine Parish (LA22) →

So I took the girls on a miniature road trip to visit a few parishes and this was the first one of the day. I'll also give credit where credit is due: this is the first one I've had in a bit that had something to photograph on the grounds. It's not a ton, but … Continue reading 276. Mansfield, De Soto Parish (LA21) →

I was on my way to East Texas, outside of Waco and on my way to Corsicana, when I remembered I hadn't gotten my cache of the day yet. I decided to find something along the way when I ran across a cemetery. I pulled off to the side of the road and saw some … Continue reading There’s Always A…Wait. What? →

Despite a couple of wrong turns and a personal pit stop, I made it to this last, magnificent edifice. This is the kind of thing I think of when I envision a courthouse. Stately and majestic, this was a happy find for my last parish of this trip. I was even a bit chuffed to … Continue reading 275. Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish (LA20) →

Part of me wonders if the reason the building is only marked as "Court House" is because of the name of the parish. I'd like to think that, but I know better. There have been a few others that didn't bother to get specific about their parish names for whatever reason. And, of course, I … Continue reading 274. Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish (LA19) →

I would have thought this would be a slightly more wealthy parish than Beauregard (more on why I thought that in a minute), with more theoretical ability to do something more with their environs here. But I was quite wrong. Allen Parish is just barely out of the bottom 10 poorest parishes. But they do … Continue reading 273. Oberlin, Allen Parish (LA18) →

Lovely, don't you agree? Yes, a bit high schoolish, but in a more stately way, perhaps more collegiate. But at least they had something more to here to see... ...but, again, nothing like in Texas. I'm starting to get curious: are these courthouses more sparse because Louisiana has less money? If that's the case, places … Continue reading 272. De Ridder, Beauregard Parish (LA17) →

Oh, Mississippi! So I took a little drive across a bridge and ended up... ...on the eastern side of the mighty Mississippi River. I just wanted to dip my toe in and get a souvenir, but I was already in the county seat so why not? The courthouse, as you can see above, is absolutely … Continue reading 271. Natchez, Adams County (MS01) →