Minden in the New York Times Echo
I often tell my history students that they live in a very different world in terms of media than the one that...
The Streets of Minden Echo
The subject of today’s Echo of Our Past is street names in Minden. This subject was covered extremely well by my mother...
Liquor Elections Echo 2
In anticipation of Saturday’s Local Option election of alcohol sales here in Minden, my last week’s column looked at the early history...
Madden – Rodrigues
Miss Caroline Hope Madden and Mr. Pedro Frade Rodrigues were united in marriage on Saturday, July 13, 2019, at six o’clock in...
Liquor Election 2019 Part 1
On Saturday, November 16, acting in response to a petition circulated by Texas Petition Strategies working for clients including Brookshires and Wal...
Echo: Robert Floyd Kennon Part 2
In last week’s Echo of our Past, we looked at the early political career of Minden’s Robert Floyd Kennon, taking him through...
Echo: Robert Floyd Kennon
I have often been asked why Minden has no visible signs to recognize us as the hometown of Governor Robert Floyd Kennon....
Echo: Duels of Our Past
Today’s Echo of Our Past will center around one of the aspects of the old “Code of Honor” that has thankfully disappeared,...
The History of the Webster Parish Library Continued
Today, the Webster Parish Library is celebrating its 90th birthday with a reception at the parish headquarters in Minden. Last week we...
The History of the Webster Parish library
On October 8, 2019, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Main Library Headquarters in Minden, the Webster Parish Library will be...