Category: History

1921 Sanborn Fire Map – Hosston

The Sanborn Map Company produced fire-insurance maps starting in1867. The fire insurance maps show building footprints, building material, height or number of stories, building use, lot lines, road widths and water facilities. The maps also show street names and property boundaries of the time. This collection of maps is historically significant as it is sometimes…

1921 Sanborn Fire Map – Belcher

The Sanborn Map Company produced fire-insurance maps starting in1867. The fire insurance maps show building footprints, building material, height or number of stories, building use, lot lines, road widths and water facilities. The maps also show street names and property boundaries of the time. This collection of maps is historically significant as it is sometimes…

Red River Ferry at Miller’s Bluff

Millers Bluff Ferry was located about 1 mile north of where Louisiana Highway 2 crosses the Red River, west of Plain Dealing going to Hosston, This picture was taken by John H. Allen, of Plain Dealing, about 1910. The Miller bluff Bridge between Plain Dealing and Hosston was opened June 20, 1955. It was about…

1921 Sanborn Fire Map – Mira

The Sanborn Map Company produced fire-insurance maps starting in1867. The fire insurance maps show building footprints, building material, height or number of stories, building use, lot lines, road widths and water facilities. The maps also show street names and property boundaries of the time. This collection of maps is historically significant as it is sometimes…

1921 Sanborn Fire Map – Ida

The Sanborn Map Company produced fire-insurance maps starting in1867. The fire insurance maps show building footprints, building material, height or number of stories, building use, lot lines, road widths and water facilities. The maps also show street names and property boundaries of the time. This collection of maps is historically significant as it is sometimes…