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Shreveport, Louisiana 1

Shreveport, Louisiana

Shreveport, Louisiana

City

City of Shreveport

City of Shreveport

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Nickname(s): Port City, Shreve, Ratchet City

Motto: "The Next Great City of the South"

Location of Shreveport in Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Coordinates: 323053N 934450W[1]

Coordinates: 323053N934450W[1]

Country United States

State Louisiana

Parishes Caddo, Bossier

Founded 1836

Incorporated 20 March 1839

Government

Mayor Cedric Glover (D)

City Council

Area

City 120.8 sq mi (312.9 km2)

Land105.4 sq mi (272.9 km

2)
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Water15.4 sq mi (40.0 km

2) 12.79%

Metro2,698 sq mi (6,987.8 km

2)

Elevation 144 ft (43. m)

Population (2012)

City 201,867 (US: 109th)

Density1,891/sq mi (730.3/km

2)

Urban 298,317 (US: 126th)

Metro 447,193 (US: 112th)

Time zone CST (UTC-6)

Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)

Area code(s) 318

Websitewww.shreveportla.gov

[2]

Red River bridge connecting Shreveport with Bossier City as

photographed from the Clyde Fant Parkway

Shreveport (US dict:shrv-prt, ipa: /rivprt/) is the

third largest city in the state of Louisiana and the

109th-largest city in the United States. It is the seat of

Caddo Parish[3]

and extends along the Red River (most

notably at Wright Island, the Charles and Marie Hamel

Memorial Park, and Bagley Island) into neighboring

Bossier Parish. Bossier City is separated from

Shreveport by the Red River. The population of

Shreveport was 199,311 at the 2010 census, and the

Shreveport-Bossier City Metropolitan Area populationexceeds 441,000. The Shreveport-Bossier City

Metropolitan Statistical Area ranks 112th in the United

States, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4]

Shreveport was founded in 1836 by the Shreve Town Company, a corporation established to develop a town at the

juncture of the newly navigable Red River and the Texas Trail, an overland route into the newly independent

Republic of Texas and, prior to that time, into Mexico.

Shreveport is the commercial and cultural center of the Ark-La-Tex region, where Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas

meet.

History

Main article: History of Shreveport

Early settlers

Shreveport was established to launch a town at the meeting point of the Red River and the Texas Trail. The Red

River was cleared and made newly navigable by Henry Miller Shreve, who led the United States Army Corps of

Engineers effort to clear the river. A 180-mile-long (290 km) natural log jam, the Great Raft, had previously

obstructed passage to shipping. Shreve used a specially modified riverboat, the Heliopolis, to remove the log jam.

The company and the village of Shreve Town were named in Shreve's honor.
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Shreve Town was originally contained within the boundaries of a section of land sold to the company by the

indigenous Caddo Indians in 1835. In 1838 Caddo Parish was created from the large Natchitoches Parish, and Shreve

Town became its parish seat. On March 20, 1839, the town was incorporated as Shreveport. Originally, the town

consisted of 64 city blocks, created by eight streets running west from the Red River and eight streets running south

from Cross Bayou, one of its tributaries.

Shreveport soon became a center of steamboat commerce, mostly cotton and agricultural crops. Shreveport also hada slave market, though slave trading was not as widespread as in other parts of the state. Steamboats plied the Red

River, and stevedores loaded and unloaded cargo. By 1860, Shreveport had a population of 2,200 free people and

1,300 slaves within the city limits.

Civil War

"The Old and the New": Tall monument in

Shreveport's historic Oakland Cemetery, which dates to

1847, is seen with the distant Regions Bank Tower, the

city's tallest building, behind it.

During the Civil War, Shreveport was the capital of Louisiana

from 1863 to 1865, having succeeded Baton Rouge and Opelousas

after each fell under Union control. The city was a Confederate

stronghold throughout the war and was the site of the headquarters

of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederate Army.

Fort Albert Sidney Johnston was built on a ridge northwest of the

city. Because of limited development in that area; the site is

relatively undisturbed.

Isolated from events in the east, the Civil War continued in the

Trans-Mississippi theater for several weeks after Robert E. Lee's

surrender in April 1865, and the Trans-Mississippi was the last

Confederate command to surrender, on May 26, 1865. Confederate

President Jefferson Davis tried to flee to Shreveport, intending to

go down the Mississippi, when he left Richmond but was captureden route in Irwinville, Georgia.

Throughout the war, women in Shreveport did much to assist the soldiers fighting mostly far to the east. Historian

John D. Winters writes of them in The Civil War in Louisiana:

"The women of Shreveport and vicinity labored long hours over their sewing machines to provide their men with

adequate underclothing and uniforms. After the excitement of Fort Sumter, there was a great rush to get the

volunteer companies ready and off to New Orleans...Forming a Military Aid Society, the ladies of Shreveport

requested donations of wool and cotton yarn for knitting socks. Joined by others, the Society collected blankets for

the wounded and gave concerts and tableaux to raise funds. Tickets were sold for a diamond ring given by the

mercantile house of Hyams and Brothers...[5]

A Confederate minstrel show gave two performances to raise money for the war effort in Shreveport in December

1862. The Shreveport Ladies Aid Society announced a grand dress ball for April 6, 1863. That same month students

at the Mansfield Female College in Mansfield in De Soto Parish presented a vocal and instrumental concert to

support the war.[6]
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Map of Shreveport in 1920

Skyline of Shreveport in 1953

Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium, home to

the "Louisiana Hayride" from 1948 to 1960.

The Red River, which had been opened by Shreve in the 1830s,

remained navigable throughout the Civil War. Water levels got so

low at one point that Union Admiral David Dixon Porter was

trapped with his gunboats north of Alexandria. His engineers

quickly constructed a temporary dam to raise the water level and

free his fleet.

By 1914, neglect and lack of use due to diversion of freight traffic

to railroad lines resulted in the river becoming unnavigable. In

1994, the United States Army Corps of Engineers restored

navigability by completion of a series of lock-and-dam structures

and a navigation channel. Today, Shreveport-Bossier City is being

re-developed as a port and shipping center.

20th century

By the 1910s, Huddie William Ledbetteralso known as "LeadBelly", a blues singer and guitarist who eventually achieved

worldwide famewas performing for Shreveport audiences in

St. Paul's Bottoms, the notorious red-light district of Shreveport

which operated legally from 1903 to 1917. Ledbetter began to

develop his own style of music after exposure to a variety of

musical influences on Shreveport's Fannin Street, a row of saloons,

brothels, and dance halls in the Bottoms. Bluesmen Jesse Thomas,

Dave Alexander, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd and the early jazz

and ragtime composer Bill Wray and composer Willian

Christopher O'Hare were all from Shreveport.

Shreveport was home to the Louisiana Hayride radio program,

broadcast weekly from the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium.

During its heyday from 1948 to 1960, this program stimulated the

careers of some of the greatest figures in American music. The

Hayride featured musicians such as Hank Williams and Elvis

Presley, who made his broadcasting debut at this venue.

In 1963, headlines across the country reported that musician Sam

Cooke was arrested after his band tried to register at a "whites-only" Holiday Inn in Shreveport. Public facilities in

Louisiana were still segregated, an example of the kinds of injustices that the Civil Rights Movement was working tochange. In the months following, Cooke recorded the civil rights era song, "A Change Is Gonna Come." In 1964

Congress passed the Civil Rights Act to end segregation of public facilities.

In the mid-1990s, the coming of riverboat gambling to Shreveport attracted numerous new patrons to the downtown

and spurred a revitalization of the adjacent downtown and riverfront areas. Many downtown streets were given a

facelift through the "Streetscape" project, where brick sidewalks and crosswalks were built, and statues, sculptures,

and mosaics were added. The O.K. Allen Bridge, commonly known as the Texas Street bridge, was lit with neon

lights that were met with a variety of opinions among residents.[7]

Shreveport was named an All-American City in 1953, 1979, and 1999.
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Geography

Shreveport has several cemeteries, with Forest Park, on

St. Vincent Avenue, being one of the largest in the

state.

Landscape

Shreveport sits on a low elevation overlooking the Red River. Pine

forests, cotton fields, wetlands, and waterways mark the outskirts

of the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city

has a total area of 120.8 sq mi (312.9 km2), of which 105.4 sq mi

(272.9 km2) is land and 15.4 sq mi (40.0 km

2), or 12.79%, is

water.

Climate

Shreveport has a humid subtropical climate (Kppen climate

classification Cfa). Rainfall is abundant, with the normal annual

precipitation averaging over 51 inches (1.3 m), with monthly

averages ranging from less than 3 inches (76 mm) in August to more than 5 inches (130 mm) in June. Severe

thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail, damaging winds and tornadoes occur in the area during the spring and summer

months. The winter months are normally mild, with an average of 35 days of freezing or below-freezing

temperatures per year, with ice and sleet storms possible. Summer months are hot and humid, with maximum

temperatures exceeding 90 F (32 C) an average of 91 days per year, with high to very high relative average

humidity, sometimes exceeding the 90 percent level.

The extreme temperatures range from 5 F (21 C) on February 12, 1899, to 110 F (43 C) on August 18, 1909.

Climate data for Shreveport, Louisiana (Shreveport Regional Airport), 19812010 normals

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year

Record high F

(C)

85

(29)

89

(32)

92

(33)

94

(34)

102

(39)

104

(40)

107

(42)

110

(43)

109

(43)

103

(39)

94

(34)

88

(31)

110

(43)

Average high F

(C)

57.3

(14.1)

61.5

(16.4)

69.5

(20.8)

76.9

(24.9)

83.8

(28.8)

90.1

(32.3)

93.4

(34.1)

94.1

(34.5)

88.2

(31.2)

78.2

(25.7)

67.5

(19.7)

58.5

(14.7)

76.58

(24.77)

Average low F

(C)

36.7

(2.6)

40.1

(4.5)

46.8

(8.2)

54.0

(12.2)

63.1

(17.3)

69.9

(21.1)

73.1

(22.8)

72.6

(22.6)

66.1

(18.9)

55.1

(12.8)

45.7

(7.6)

38.1

(3.4)

55.11

(12.83)

Record low F

(C)

2

(19)

5

(21)

11

(12)

25

(4)

38

(3)

52

(11)

58

(14)

53

(12)

42

(6)

28

(2)

16

(9)

5

(15)

5

(21)

Precipitation

inches (mm)

4.20

(106.7)

4.75

(120.7)

4.14

(105.2)

4.19

(106.4)

4.93

(125.2)

5.40

(137.2)

3.64

(92.5)

2.73

(69.3)

3.16

(80.3)

4.96

(126)

4.53

(115.1)

4.76

(120.9)

51.38

(1,305.1)

Snowfall inches

(cm)

.6

(1.5)

.5

(1.3)

Trace 0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

.3

(0.8)

1.4

(3.6)

Avg.

precipitation

days ( 0.01 in)

9.0 9.1 9.2 7.6 9.5 9.2 8.1 6.4 6.9 8.0 8.7 9.6 101.2

Avg. snowy days

( 0.1 in)

.3 .3 .1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .1 .8

Mean monthly

sunshine hours

158.1 175.2 213.9 231.0 266.6 297.0 319.3 300.7 249.0 235.6 177.0 158.1 2,781.5

Source: NOAA HKO (sun, 1961

1990), The Weather Channel (extreme temps)
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Neighborhoods

Pine Wold house (Fairfield Avenue at Kirby Street)

was designed by Ed Neild, Sr., who created some of

the designs for the interior of the White House in the

Truman administration. Pine Wold was constructed in

1903 by lumberman T. J. Jones and expanded in 1919

by oilman J. P. Evans. For a time the Mighty HaagCircus wintered on the grounds, and the circus elephant

Trilby is buried there.

A.C. Steere School, expanded in 1938, is named for

developer Albert Coldwell Steere, the founder of the

Broadmoor neighborhood; the institution was added in

1991 to the National Register of Historic Places.

Shreveport encompasses many different neighborhoods and

districts. Below is a list of the various areas in Greater Shreveport,

both within and outside the city limits:

Acadiana Place

Allendale

Allendale-Lakeside, interloop of neighborhoods

Anderson Island

Azalea Gardens

Blanchard

Braemar Estates

Broadmoor

Broadmoor Terrace

Brunswick Place

Caddo Heights

Cedar Grove

Centenary Area

Chapel Creek

Cherokee Park

Cooper Road

Crescent Wood

Cross Lake, some not in city

Eden Gardens

Ellerbe Road Estates

Ellerbe Woods

Evangeline Oaks

Fairfield Heights

Forbing

Glen Iris

Greenwood

Greenbrook

The Haven

Hidden Trace

Highlands

Hollywood Hollywood Heights

Huntington

Ingleside

Jackson Square

Jewella-South Park

Hyde Park

Keithville

Lakeside

Lakeside Acres

Ledbetter Heights or The Bottoms Long Lake Estates
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Robinson Place in Shreveport, former home of

physician and developer George W. Robinson; later the

residence of Douglas and Lucille Lee, owners of Lee

Hardware Company.

Historic residence of late Louisiana Lieutenant

Governor Thomas Charles Barret at Fairfield and

Prospect

Walker House on Fairfield Avenue was once the home

of the Coca-Cola bottler Zehntner Biedenharn.

Lynbrook

Madison Park

Mooretown

Norris Ferry Crossing

Norris Ferry Estates

Norris Ferry Landing

North Highlands

Parkside

Pines Road

Pierremont

Pierremont Place

Pierremont Ridge

Provenance

Queensborough

St. Charles Place

Shreve Island Shreve Lake Estates

South Broadmoor

South Highlands

Southern Hills

Southern Trace

Spring Lake

Stoner Hill

Sunset Acres

Towne South

Twelve Oaks Shadow Pines Estates

Stoner Hill

University Terrace

Waterside

West End

Western Hills

Wright Island

Yarborough

In the Highland section, along Fairfield Avenue, more than a half

dozen homes have been designated as historic. These include

residences once occupied by Lieutenant Governor Thomas Charles

Barret, who served early in the 20th century; a Broadway director,

Joshua Logan; a former governor, Ruffin Pleasant, and wife; a

physician and developer, George W. Robinson; a Coca Cola

bottler, Zehntner Biedenharn; the first mayor of Bossier City, Ewald Max Hoyer, who took office in 1907; and a

major real estate owner, John B. Slattery, whose home is one of five remaining structures in Shreveport designed by

the noted architect N. S. Allen.[8]
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Bliss-Hoyer House, built by Abel and Nettie Bliss, was

later the home of Ewald Max Hoyer, the first mayor of

Bossier City.

Demographics

Historicalpopulation

Census Pop. %

1850 1,728

1860 2,190 26.7%

1870 4,607 110.4%

1880 8,009 73.8%

1890 11,979 49.6%

1900 16,013 33.7%

1910 28,015 75.0%

1920 43,874 56.6%

1930 76,655 74.7%

1940 98,167 28.1%

1950 127,206 29.6%

1960 164,372 29.2%

1970 182,064 10.8%

1980 205,820 13.0%

1990 198,525 3.5%

2000 200,145 0.8%

2010 199,311 0.4%

Est. 2012 201,867 1.3%

U.S. Decennial Census

2012 estimate

As of the 2010 census the population of Shreveport was 199,311. The racial and ethnic composition of the

population was 41.2% White, 54.7% Black or African American, 1.0% Native American, 2.0% Asian, 1.2% fromsome other race and 1.5% from two or more races. 4.5% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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There were 91,501 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.3% were

married couples living together, 21.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were

non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was

65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.12. Population ages

ranked as follows: 26.9% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and

13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. The city ranks third in the nation of cities

over 100,000 population with significant gender disparity: for every 100 females there were only 87.4 males, and for

every 100 females age 18 and over, there were just 82.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,526, 72.4% of the national median of $42,148, and the

median income for a family was $37,126. Males had a median income of $31,278 versus $21,659 for females. The

per capita income for the city was $17,759. About 18.7% of families and 22.8% of the population were below the

poverty line, including 33.3% of those under age 18 and 16.3% of those age 65 or over.

Government and politics

Main article: Politics of Shreveport

In Shreveport, City Hall is known as "Government

Plaza".

U.S. Courthouse in Shreveport

Founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1839, Shreveport is the

parish seat of Caddo Parish. It is part of the First Judicial District,

housing the parish courthouse. It also houses the Louisiana Second

Circuit Court of Appeal, which consists of nine elected judges

representing twenty parishes in northwest Louisiana. A portion of

east Shreveport extends into Bossier Parish due to the changing

course of the Red River.

The city of Shreveport has a mayor-council government. The

elected municipal officials include the mayor, Cedric Glover, and

seven members of the city council. Glover, a former member of

the Louisiana House of Representatives, is the first African

American to hold the position. Under the mayor-council

government, the mayor serves as the executive officer of the city.

As the city's chief administrator and official representative, the

mayor is responsible for the general management of the city and

for seeing that all laws and ordinances are enforced.

Economy

Main article: Economy of Shreveport
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The Louisiana State Office Building in Shreveport was

originally the headquarters of the former United Gas

Corporation.

Regions Tower, the tallest building in downtown

Shreveport

Health care is a major industry in Shreveport. Christus

Schumpert Medical Center is a leading

cancer-treatment facility in the South.

Shreveport was once a major player in United States oil business

and at one time could boast Standard Oil of Louisiana as a locally

based company. The Louisiana branch was later absorbed by

Standard Oil of New Jersey. Beginning in 1930, the nation's

busiest pipeline operator and massive integrated oil company,

United Gas Corporation, was headquartered in Shreveport, until its

hostile takeover by Pennzoil in 1968 and subsequent forced

merger. In the 1980s, the oil and gas industry suffered a large

economic downturn, and many companies cut back jobs or went

out of business, including a large retail shopping mall, South Park

Mall, which closed in the late 1990s and is now Summer Grove

Baptist Church. Shreveport suffered severely from this recession,

and many residents left the area.

Because Shreveport has the highest property taxes in Louisiana,

many incoming residents do not locate within the city itself.

Growth has therefore trended toward the southwest into DeSoto

Parish or east to Bossier City and beyond. Political analyst and

consultant Elliott Stonecipher describes Shreveport as "a far less

vibrant community" than Bossier City because many

lower-income Shreveport residents who pay no property taxes are

heavily dependent on public services, a situation far less common

in Bossier City. Stonecipher said that Bossier City economically

resembles much of East Texas, more so than neighboring

Shreveport.

Shreveport has largely transitioned to a service economy. In

particular, the area has seen a rapid growth in the gaming industry,

hosting various riverboat gambling casinos, and, before Hurricane

Katrina in 2005, was second only to New Orleans in Louisiana

tourism. Nearby Bossier City is home to one of the three horse

racetracks in the state, Harrah's Louisiana Downs. Casinos in
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Shreveport-Bossier include Sam's Town Casino, Eldorado Casino, Horseshoe Casino, Boomtown Casino, and

Diamond Jacks Casino (formerly Isle of Capri). The Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau is the

official tourism information agency for the region. The bureau maintains a comprehensive database of restaurants,

accommodations, attractions, and events.

In May 2005, the Louisiana Boardwalk, a 550,000-square-foot (51,000 m2) shopping and entertainment complex,

opened across the Red River in Bossier City, featuring outlet shopping, several restaurants, a 14screen movietheater, a bowling complex, and a Bass Pro Shops.

Shreveport Convention Center

A new 350,000-square-foot (33,000 m2) convention center was

recently completed in downtown Shreveport. It includes an

800-space parking garage. An adjoining Hilton Hotel opened in

June 2007. The city's direct construction and ownership of the

Hilton Hotel has been a controversial issue as to the proper use of

public funds. The Shreveport Convention Center is managed by

SMG.

The Shriners Hospital for Children, now at the corner

of Samford Avenue and Kings Highway, was the first

of its kind in the United States, having been established

in 1922.

Shreveport is a major medical center of the region and state. The

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport

operates at expanded facilities once used by the former

Confederate Memorial Medical Center. Major hospitals include

Christus Schumpert, Willis Knighton, and the Shriners Hospital

for Children.

As of November 2008, excitement has centered around the

Haynesville Shale, with many new jobs in the natural gas industry

expected to be created over the next few years. Residents in the

region are enjoying large bonuses for signing mineral rights leases

up to $25,000 per acre. However, the recent economic downturn

has resulted in a lower market price for natural gas and

slower-than-expected drilling activity. The city itself stands to

profit by leasing the mineral rights on public lands in the near

future as neighboring municipalities have already done.

Shreveport was home to Shreveport Operations, a General Motors plant that closed in August 2012. The plant

produced the Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon, and the Isuzu iSeries. In January 2013, the plant was purchased by

Elio Motors.
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Top employers

According to the City's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the metropolitan area

are:

# Employer # of Employees

1 State of Louisiana 14,303

2 Barksdale Air Force Base 9,018

3 Caddo Public Schools 6,587

4 University Health 6,094

5 Willis-Knighton Health System 5,490

6 Bossier Parish School System 2,807

7 City of Shreveport 2,758

8 Christus Schumpert Health System 2,018

9 Caesars 2,000

10 U.S. Support 1,618

Film industry

Tax incentives offered by the state government have given Louisiana the third largest film industry in the country,

behind California and New York, and led to Louisiana's nickname, "Hollywood South". Shreveport is no exception

and has seen a number of films made in the city. Facilities include sound stages, the State Fair of Louisiana

Fairgrounds Complex, and the Louisiana Wave Studio, a computer-controlled outdoor wave pool.

Selected films shot in Shreveport include:

The Guardian (2006): Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Costner Not Like Everyone Else (2006) (TV Movie)

Factory Girl (2006): Sienna Miller and Guy Pearce

Initiation of Sarah (2006): Morgan Fairchild and Jennifer Tilly

The Great Debaters (2007): Denzel Washington

Mr. Brooks (2007): Kevin Costner, William Hurt, and Demi Moore

Premonition (2007): Sandra Bullock and Julian McMahon

Blonde Ambition (2007): Jessica Simpson and Luke Wilson

Cleaner (2007): Samuel L. Jackson

The Mist (2007): Thomas Jane, Toby Jones, and Marcia Gay Harden

The Last Lullaby (2008): Tom Sizemore Wonderful World (2007): Matthew Broderick

Soul Men (2008) Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008): Michael Clarke Duncan and Martin Lawrence

The Longshots (2008): Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, and Fred Durst

Disaster Movie (2008): Vanessa Minillo, Matt Lanter, and Kim Kardashian

Year One (2008): Jack Black and Michael Cera

W. (2008): Josh Brolin, Richard Dreyfuss, and James Cromwell

Front of the Class (2008): Treat Williams, Patricia Heaton

Mad Money (2008): Diane Keaton, Ted Danson, Katie Holmes and Queen Latifah

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008): John Cho and Kal Penn

Deadly Exchange (2009): John McTiernan
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The Killing Room (2009): Chlo Sevigny, Nick Cannon, and Timothy Hutton

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009): Matt Czuchry, Jesse Bradford and Geoff Stults

Haynesville (2010) (Documentary)

6 Month Rule (2010)

Vampires Suck (2010): Matt Lanter, Diedrich Bader, Jenn Proske

Super (film) (2010): Ellen Page, Rainn Wilson

Straw Dogs (2011): James Marsden, Kate Bosworth

Drive Angry (2011): Nicolas Cage

Battle: Los Angeles (2011): Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan

The Iceman (film) (2012): Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder

Ain't Them Bodies Saints[10]

(2013): Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara

Olympus Has Fallen[11]

(2013): Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart

Additionally, episodes of several television series have been shot in Shreveport and the surrounding area, including

The Unit, True Blood, and The Gates.

Education

Centenary College entrance

The former Line Avenue School now houses part of the

Northwestern State University nursing program in

Shreveport.

Main article: Caddo Public Schools (Louisiana)

Caddo Public Schools is a school district based in Shreveport.

The district serves all of Caddo Parish. Its founding superintendent

was Clifton Ellis Byrd, a Virginia native, who assumed the chief

administrative position in 1907 and continued until his death in

1926. C.E. Byrd High School, which was established in 1925 on

Line Avenue at the intersection with East Kings Highway, bears

his name.

Shreveport has several colleges, including the Methodist-affiliated

Centenary College (founded at Jackson, Louisiana, in 1825;

relocated to Shreveport in 1908) and Louisiana State University in

Shreveport, which opened as a two-year institution in 1967. It

became four-year in 1976. Louisiana State University Health

Sciences Center Shreveport, the only medical school in northern

Louisiana, opened in 1969. Shreveport also has one of the largest

nursing schools in northern Louisiana, the Northwestern State

University College of Nursing. Louisiana Tech University at

Shreveport-Bossier City was launched in 2012 offering their

Executive MBA and main campus undergraduate and graduate

degree programs at the university's Shreveport Center.[12]

Southern University, Shreveport (SUSLA), offers a two-year

associate's degree program. (The four-year institution, which is

historically black, is in Baton Rouge.)

Founded in 1973, Louisiana Baptist University and Theological Seminary is also located in Shreveport at 6301

Westport Avenue.

Ayers Career College is a Shreveport based college that offers career training in the medical and HVAC fields.

Since July 2007, Shreveport is home to a local Remington College campus. This location offers both diploma anddegree programs, and is active in the Shreveport Community.
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Virginia College is a new college that opened early 2012. Located in Shreveport/Bossier City, Virginia College

offers career training in areas such as Business and Office, Health and Medical, and Medical Billing.[13]

Religion

The Episcopal St. Mark's Cathedral on Rutherford

Street

First United Methodist Church on Texas Street in

downtown Shreveport. The sanctuary dates to 1913.

Sanctuary of J. S. Noel, Jr. Memorial United Methodist

Church in the Highland sections of Shreveport dates to

1913.

Shreveport has churches of many denominations and sizes. At the

head of Texas Street is the large First United Methodist Church,

established at that site in 1884. The current sanctuary dates to

1913. The church is pastored by Pat Day. Among its former

pastors were D. L. Dykes, Jr., and John E. Fellers. The fiberglass

steeple of the church fell onto a passing car during a severe

thunderstorm in 2009. It has since been replaced.

A second Methodist congregation is named for J. S. Noel, Jr. The

church was begun as a mission in 1906. Methodist layman James

Noel and his wife, Fannie, provided financially for the church in

its early years. The congregation decided to name the church forthe Noel's late son. Like First United Methodist, it opened in the

current sanctuary in 1913 and grew rapidly. A fire gutted the

building in 1925, and only a portion of the loss was covered by

insurance. The members expanded their ranks and rebuilt at the

500 Herndon location. The current Noel Memorial pastor is Flint

Shea.[14]
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First Presbyterian Church is located at 900 Jordan

Street in Shreveport near the large State Office

Building.

Holy Trinity Catholic Church built in Romanesque

revival style

The large Holy Trinity Catholic Church located downtown was

founded in 1858. Five priests died of yellow fever in 1873. The

current sanctuary in Romanesque revival style architecture dates to

1896.[15]

A large First Baptist Church was once pastored by Monroe E.

Dodd, an early radio minister and founder of the former Dodd

College for Girls. Former Governor Jimmie Davis, a Shreveport

city commissioner too, taught history for a year under Dodd's

tutelage. Other large Baptist congregations include Calvary

Baptist, Broadmoor Baptist, and Summer Grove Baptist. The last

was previously pastored by Wayne L. DuBose, now a Baptist

denominational officer. Westview Christian Church is anindependent Christian church that serves the area as well with members from diverse denominational backgrounds.

Shreveport is home to Shreveport Community Church, a non-denominational church formerly belonging to the

Assemblies of God doctrine. The congregation has experienced exponential growth from the 100 members in 1950

to the more than 6,000 it claims now. It is pastored by Denny Duron, who succeeded his father, Rodney Duron, after

45 years at the pulpit. The church has an education program in Evangel Christian Academy, a preK through 12th

grade private school that has produced an average of 1 million dollars of scholastic scholarships for its graduating

seniors every year. The church has produced a biblical musical, "Songs of the Season", during the Christmas

holidays for the past 20 years at the Historic Strand Theater in downtown Shreveport.

Particularly striking in size and architecture is St. Mark's Cathedral, an Episcopal congregation at 908 RutherfordStreet in the Highland section of Shreveport. St. Mark's dates its establishment to the first religious service held in

Shreveport in 1839.

The Jewish community dates to the organization of Congregation Har El in 1859, which later became B'nai Zion

Temple, today the city's Reform congregation and largest synagogue. Agudath Achim[16]

, founded in 1905 as an

Orthodox congregation, is today a traditional Jewish synagogue. Foster E. Kawaler, the current rabbi, is focused on

rebuilding the congregation, which dwindled in size during the second half of the twentieth century. Shreveport,

historically, has had a large and civic-minded Jewish community and has elected three Jewish mayors.[17]
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Sports

Shreveport and Bossier City shared an Arena Football League team named the BossierShreveport Battle Wings and

a Central Hockey League team, the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, during the late 1990s and the 2000s. However, the

teams shut down operations in 2010 and 2011.

Shreveport and Bossier City now share an all women's flat track roller derby team named the Twin City Knockers.

The team is the newest competing sport in the area being founded in January 2010.

Baseball in Shreveport has an extensive past. The city had affiliated Minor League Baseball teams from 1968 to

2002. The most memorable team was the Shreveport Captains of the Texas League. Baseball teams in Shreveport

have gone through eight different name changes and seven different leagues all since 1895. Shreveport's most recent

independent baseball team, the Shreveport-Bossier Captains, ceased operations in 2011 and moved to Laredo, Texas.

Shreveport's rugby team, the Shreveport Rugby Football Club, was founded in 1977, making it the oldest

continuously competing sport team in Shreveport. It is a member of USA Rugby and participates in the Texas Rugby

Football Union.

Shreveport is the home of the Shreveport Aftershock of the Independent Women's Football League. The Aftershock

play in the Midsouth Division of the Eastern Conference of the IWFL. The home field for the Aftershock isIndependence Stadium.

Shreveport had anexpansion team of the defunct World Football League known as the Shreveport Steamer in 1974.

They played at State Fair Stadium (now known as Independence Stadium) from September 1974 through October

1975. The Steamer were originally the Houston Texans before moving to Shreveport in September 1974. In their

inaugural season they had a record of 7121. They went 57 in their final season in 1975. Shreveport also hosted a

Canadian FootballLeague teamin the mid-1990s known asthe Shreveport Pirates. Bernard Glieberman, a Detroit

real estate developer, was owner of the Ottawa Rough Riders of the CFL. In 1994, he sold the team and purchased

the expansion franchise that ultimately wound up in Shreveport. He was allowed to take a handful of Ottawa players

with him, including quarterback Terrence Jones. However, the Pirates became yet another unsuccessful American

CFL team. Their first victory did not come until the 15th week of their initial season, and in 1995, all of their

victories came against Canadian teams. By 1996 the team had folded.

Shreveport is the birthplace, home, or former home of several American football stars and other noteworthy sports

figures, among them:

Ken Anderson (19752009), NFL player for Chicago Bears

Evelyn Ashford (born 1957), winner of sprint gold medals at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics

Scott Baker (born 1981), starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs

Miller Barber (born 1931), pro golfer, 3time winner of the United States Senior Open

Arnaz Battle (born 1980), NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Alana Beard (2004present), WNBA player for the Washington Mystics in Washington, D.C.; Duke Universityalum

Albert Belle (born 1966), LSU baseball player and former Major League Baseball player

Josh Booty (born 1975), former NFL quarterback and MLB third baseman

Terry Bradshaw (born 1948), NFL star, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, actor and television commentator

James Britt (born 1960), NFL player for Atlanta Falcons

Art Carmody (born 1984), NCAA football all-time leading scorer for a placekicker with 433 points

Tina Chandler (born 1974), IFBB professional bodybuilder

Morris Claiborne (born 1990), NFL cornerback for Dallas Cowboys 2012: Round 1, Pick 6 Debuted in 2012 for

the Dallas Cowboys

Steve Cox (born 1958), NFL player for Cleveland Browns and Washington Redskins Joe Delaney (19581983), NFL player for Kansas City Chiefs
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Kendrick Farris (born 1986), United States Olympian in weightlifting (2008); placed eighth

Eddie Fisher (born 1936), MLB relief pitcher for Chicago White Sox

Joe Ferguson (born 1950), NFL player for Buffalo Bills

Ryan Harrison (born 1992), professional tennis player

Charlie Hennigan (born 1935), NFL player for the Houston Oilers

Jacob Hester (born 1985), NFL player for the San Diego Chargers

Stan Humphries (born 1965), former quarterback for the San Diego Chargers

Antawn Jamison (born 1976), basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers

David Allen Lee (born 1943), NFL player for the Baltimore Colts

Tommy Maddox (born 1971), NFL player for Denver Broncos and Pittsburgh Steelers

Bob Oliver (born 1943), Major League Baseball player

Robert Parish (born 1953), Basketball Hall of Fame, NBA, Centenary College

Barbara Payne (born 1932), only Louisiana native to play in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

in its twelve-year history

Scotty Robertson (19302011), basketball coach at Byrd High School, Louisiana Tech University, and four NBA

teams B. J. Ryan (born 1975), Major League Baseball player

Patrick Scott (born 1964), NFL player for the Green Bay Packers

Reggie Smith (born 1945), Major League Baseball outfielder and coach

Freddie Spencer (born 1961), Grand Prix motorcycle champion, including winning both the 250cc and 500cc in

the same year, 1985

Tommy Spinks (19482007), NFL player for the Minnesota Vikings

Hal Sutton (born 1958), professional golfer

Stromile Swift (born 1979), NBA player

Pat Tilley (born 1953), NFL player for the St. Louis Cardinals

David Toms (born 1967), professional golfer Randy Walker (born 1951), NFL player for the Green Bay Packers

Todd Walker (born 1973), Major League Baseball player

Vernon Wells (born 1978), Major League Baseball player with the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Angels

David Woodley (born 1958), NFL quarterback for Miami Dolphins. During his career he was the youngest

quarterback to start a Super Bowl.

Shreveport was mentioned as a potential city to house the NFL's New Orleans Saints in 2005 after Hurricane

Katrina. It was passed over in favor of the much larger San Antonio, Texas, and Louisiana State University in Baton

Rouge, though the Saints ended up remaining in New Orleans. The Saints did play a game in Shreveport against the

Dallas Cowboys during the 2006 NFL preseason.

Shreveport's Independence Stadium has served as host of the Independence Bowl since 1976.[18] The stadium is also

the home of the Port City Classic which started in 2010 when Louisiana Tech University defeated Grambling.

Independence Stadium is the third largest stadium in Louisiana, with a seating capacity of 61,000 people, only

behind the Mercedes-Benz Superdome of 72,000 and Tiger Stadium of 96,000 in Baton Rouge.
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Visual and performing arts

Shreveport is home to several theatres, museums, and performing arts groups, including:

Academy of Children's Theatre

Artspace Shreveport

Barnwell Memorial Garden and Art Center

East Bank Theatre - Bossier City

Hayride Diner/Soundstage 516

Louisiana State Exhibit Museum

Louisiana Dance Theatre

Marjorie Lyons Playhouse on the Centenary College Campus

Meadows Museum of Art - Centenary College

Multicultural Center of the South

"Once in a Millennium Moon"[19]

Mural by Meg Saligman

Peter Pan Players, which closed its doors May 7, 2012, after thirty-nine years of theater.

Power and Grace School of Performing Arts

R. W. Norton Art Gallery

River City Repertory Theatre, the professional theatre for Shreveport-Bossier

RiverView Theatre

Robinson Film Center

Shreveport House Concerts www.shreveporthouseconcerts.org[20]

Shreveport Little Theatre www.shreveportlittletheatre.com[21]

Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet

Shreveport Municipal Auditorium

Shreveport Opera

Shreveport Symphony Orchestra

Southern University Museum of Art

Spring Street Museum

The Strand Theatre

Events and tourism

Cinco De Mayo fiesta Shreveport

Highland Jazz & Blues Festival, held annually the second Saturday of November since 2003

Holiday in Dixie, annual springtime festival, began 1949

Independence Bowl, held annually close to New Year's since 1976

Louisiana Film Prize, short film competition and film festival.

Mardi Gras Parades

Mudbug Madness, annual celebration of crawfish, held each May since 1984

Red River Revel, annual autumn arts festival which began in 1976, largest outdoor festival in northern Louisiana

The State Fair of Louisiana, held annually each autumn since 1906
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Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras celebrations in Shreveport date to the mid19th century when krewes and parades were organized along

the lines of those of New Orleans. Mardi Gras in Shreveport did not survive the cancellations caused by World War

I, however. Attempts to revive it in the 1920s were unsuccessful, and the last Carnival celebrations in Shreveport for

decades were held in 1927. Mardi Gras in Shreveport was revived beginning in 1984 with the organization of the

Krewe of Apollo. The Krewes of Gemini, Centaur, Aesclepius, Highland, Sobek, Harambee, and others, followedduring the next decade and a half. The first krewe to revive parading was Gemini in 1989. Today, Mardi Gras is

again an important part of the cultural life of the Shreveport metropolitan area.[22]

Recreation and attractions

8th Air Force Museum, Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier City

Barnwell Garden & Art Center arboretum and gardens

Chimp Haven, chimpanzee sanctuary, Keithville, LA (Shreveport suburb)

Clyde Fant Park, along the Red River, named for Mayor Clyde Fant

Cross Lake Ford Park on Cross Lake

Gators and Friends, alligator and exotic animal park, Greenwood, LA (Shreveport suburb)

The Gardens of the American Rose Center

Hirsch Memorial Coliseum at Louisiana State Fairgrounds

J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. Waterway Regional Visitor Center - History of Red River

Mall St. Vincent

Louisiana Boardwalk - Bossier City, opposite the Shreveport Central Business District

Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, located in a landmark building at the State Fair Grounds

Pioneer Heritage Center at Louisiana State University in Shreveport campus

R. W. Norton Art Gallery and adjacent azalea park Riverwalk Park

Sci-Port Discovery Center and IMAX Theater

Shreveport Municipal Auditorium and Louisiana Hayride Museum

Spirit of the Red River, river cruise boat

Spring Street Historical Museum

Touchstone Wildlife & Art Museum, Haughton in Bossier Parish

Yogie and Friends Exotic Cat Sanctuary, Frierson, LA (Shreveport suburb)
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Media/press

Further information: Media of Shreveport

KSLA, CBS affiliate, is the oldest television station in

Shreveport. Established in the former Washington

Youree Hotel in 1954, it was moved to Fairfield

Avenue in the early 1970s.

Shreveport is served by a variety of print publications. The major

daily newspaper serving the Shreveport-Bossier and Ark-La-Tex

area is the Shreveport Times. Its headquarters are located in

downtown Shreveport near Interstate 20. A second major paper,

the afternoon Shreveport Journal, ceased publication in 1991.

Other smaller non-daily newspapers in the area include The

Shreveport Sun, the Caddo Citizen. Bossier City is served by the

dailyBossier Press-Tribune. The Barksdale Warrior is the weekly

newspaper of record for the Barksdale Air Force Base. In addition

alternative publications include, The Forum Newsweekly, City

Lights, SB Magazine and "The Shreveport Catalyst".

Twice annually,North Louisiana History, the journal of the North

Louisiana Historical Association, is published in Shreveport.

Shreveport and Bossier City are served by two major cable television systems: Shreveport is served by Comcast and

Bossier City is served by Suddenlink.

Shreveport is home to several radio stations, particularly KWKH and KEEL, having reputations beyond the city. The

three commercial television outlets are KSLA, CBS, founded in 1954; KTBS-TV, ABC, founded in 1955, and

KTAL-TV, arrived in Shreveport in September 1961 as the NBC station. KTBS was an NBC station, with occasional

ABC programs, from 19551961, when it switched affiliation to ABC. KTAL, formerly known as KCMC of

Texarkana, was a CBS outlet prior to conversion to NBC, when it began to cover Shreveport as well as Texarkana.

Don Owen (1930-2012), a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission from 19842002, is also a former

news anchorman on KSLA.

Military installations

Barksdale Air Force Base is located in Bossier Parish across the river from Shreveport, which donated the land for

its construction in the 1920s. Named for pioneer army aviator Lt. Eugene Hoy Barksdale and originally called

Barksdale Army Air Field, it opened in 1933 and became Barksdale Air Force Base in 1947. Headquartered here are

the Air Force Global Strike Command, 8th Air Force, 2d Bomb Wing, and 307th Wing. The primary plane housed

here is the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. In earlier years, the base was the home to other famous planes, including the

B-47 Stratojet.

Shreveport is home to the two 108th Cavalry Squadron, the reconnaissance element of the 256th Infantry Brigade.

Three of the squadron's four cavalry troops are located at 400 East Stoner Avenue in a historic armory known as

"Fort Humbug". This was named due to the Confederate Army burning logs to look like cannons and placing them

along the Red River. This caused Union ironclad ships sailing north on the Red River to be tricked into turning back

south.[23]
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Shreveport, LouisianaShreveport was founded in 1836 by the Shreve Town Company, a corporation established to develop a town at the juncture of the newly navigable Red River and the