Staff Reports Gen. Nathaniel Banks and his Federal forces spent the spring of 1864 slowly making their way up the Red River but were repulsed by Confederate forces in battle near Mansfield, Louisiana.Had U.S. troops managed to fight through and capture Shreveport, the East Texas supply depots in Marshall andContinue Reading
The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club takes great pride in presenting Historic Jefferson Pilgrimage 75th Diamond Jubilee April 28, 29, 30 and May 1, 2022. Home and Garden Tours. Four beautiful historic homes, The Beard House, The Homestead House, The House of the Seasons and Singleton’s Virginia Cross Home,Continue Reading
One of the highlights of the Pilgrimage is the annual staging of the Diamond Bessie Murder Trial, a unique adaptation of the last days of the 1877 trial in Jefferson of Abraham Rothschild for the murder of Diamond Bessie. The trial captured national attention in its day, and its re-creationContinue Reading