Shreveport Off The Beaten Path Tips by keeweechic

Caddo Lake

According to a Caddoan legend, Caddo Lake was shaped by an earthquake. It was alleged that an Caddo Indian Chief was warned by the Great Spirit to shift his village from the low lands. The Chief unfortunately disregarded the warning and one day while he and his men were out on a hunting trip, the ground started shaking and the village disappeared below the water of the newly created Caddo Lake.

All Saints Church

All Saints Church no particular reason for this other than we passed it on the way back from Natchitoches, on the southside of Shreveport, and I thought the design was really quite different.
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The Port

The Port is located in northwest Louisiana at the head of navigation on the Red River. The Port of Shreveport-Bossier is one of America's fastest growing multimodal inland transportation and distribution centres.
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400 year old trees

There are trees on this lake that have been ringed at 400 years of age, gracefully draped in Spanish Moss. There are more than 216 species of birds, 47 mammals, 90 reptiles, and 77 species of fish which make their home here.
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Legend Has It

There could be some truth to this story because in 1811 New Madrid, Missouri had an earthquake that measured 8.9 and this could have knocked down enough trees to form the great raft that dammed the Red River and formed Caddo Lake.
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