La Salle Parish was created on 1910 , from Catahoula Parish and the parish was named in honor of explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle . The Parish seat is Jena .
It is borderd by Caldwell Parish (north), Catahoula Parish (east), Avoyelles Parish (south), Rapides Parish (southwest), Grant Parish (west), Winn Parish (northwest) . Cites, Towns and Communities include Jena, Midway, Olla, Tullos, Urania . Unincorporated areas of interest in the parish include Belah, Eden, Good Pine, Hester, Little Creek, Midway, Nebo, Nickie, Rogers, Routon, Searcy, Standard, Summerville, White Hall, White Sulphur Springs, Trout Post Office and Zenoria, The Official County Website is located at ? . See Extended History for More information.
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LaSalle Parish Clerk of Court has Court Records from 1910 and Land Records from 1910 and Probate Records from 1910 has Marriage Records from 1910 and is located at 1050 Courthouse Street, P O Box 1316, Jena, LA 71342, (318) 992-2158, (318) 992-2157 Fax . The Clerk of Court for each parish in Louisiana performs the functions of more than one office. As the Recorder, the office of the Clerk of Court receives, files, records and indexes all mortgages, conveyances and all other instruments recorded in the Public Records for the Parish. The Clerk’s Office receives and files all pleadings, such as petitions, answers, motions and other filings in Civil and Probate matters, as well as indictments, bills of information and other filings in Criminal matters. The Clerk’s Office also handles special Juvenile matters and Criminal Neglect cases. Another function of the Clerk’s Office is the issuance of Marriage Licenses and recording their returns after the marriages are performed.
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Parishwide Records: Federal Population Schedules that exist for LaSalle Parish, Louisiana are 1910, 1920 and 1930.
Statewide Records that exist for Louisiana are 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890 (fragment, see below), 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930. After the 1803 purchase of Louisiana it became an American possession; therefore, the first federal census report taken for the state was 1810.
As early as 1860 the federal government began attempts to identify Native Americans. In 1900 and 1910 it created a special Indian schedule. The first page was the same as the population census only it had “Indian Population” as its heading. The second page provided for such important information as: tribal affiliation, the tribe of each parent, the person's Indian blood quantum, and—if not full blooded —their precise racial mixture. These schedules will be found at the end of the ward or district in which the Native American resided.
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1770s
January l A number of the first settlers came from Spain which acquired the territory from France in the 1760s. These pioneers were not inclined to farming, but spent their time hunting with the Indians and fur trading. Those who did become farmers obtained grants from the Spanish government and took to the hills since, there were no levees to protect them from river overflow. These early settlers went to Natchez, Mississippi, or to Alexandria to do their trading and brought back their yearly supplies. They would unite in small parties for protection against outlaws and take slaves along to care for the pack horses. When a stranger wanted to go from Natchez to Alexandria, it was necessary to get a passport, and a guard to go with him. Bread was made from corn grown on the farms and domestic meat was supplemented by that of bear, deer, turkeys and other game, which was plentiful in the virgin forests.
1800
January l The first established trail was blazed by Davis Jones from Alexandria to Harrisonburg in 1800. This trail became the „Three-Notch Road¾ since Jones scored three notches beneath blazes on the trees to mark the trail.
1803
January l Immediately after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, settlers began moving to the bluffs on the western shore of Catahoula Lake and the northern bank of Little River.
1807
January l The first store was established in 1807 at Catahoula Prairie near Rhinehart landing by Oliver Morgan and John Henry.
1805
When the Territory of Orleans is divided into counties the present-day LaSalle Parish is part of Rapides County
1820s
When the Territory of Orleans is divided into counties the present-day LaSalle Parish is part of Rapides County
Early in the 1800s when the "Texas Fever" struck the people of the lower Atlantic and eastern Gulf states, another trail was blazed out through what is now LaSalle Parish, this one from Harrisonburg to Burr Ferry on the Sabine, passing through the points where Rosefield, Summerville, Tullos and St. Maurice later sprang up. By the late 1820s and early 30s much of the hill section was being settled, especially along the creeks where game was plentiful, bottom and hammock lands were productive, and the hills and bluff lands covered with virgin pine were very similar to their homelands.
These hill dwellers were first known as the Bible Readers and later as the Piney Woods Dwellers. As the population grew, different "settlements" began to shape up and take on names, usually the names of the churches or geographical features, such as Eden, Mt. Nebo, Antioch, Belah, Beulah, Salem, Mars Hill, Chalk Hill, Hemps Creek, Magnolia and Pine Grove. As was the custom in the early days, Mt. Nebo church house was also a school house. The first school was taught by „professor¾ Lias Williams in the middle 60s. The Nebo school district was the first in Louisiana to vote taxes for maintenance and support.
1833
White Sulphur Springs was established as a nationally famous spa and resort in the period between 1830 to 1850 by Joseph P. Ward, a man from White Sulphur, Virginia. He was on his way to Texas in 1833 when he made camp by the springs. Ward was so sure of the possibilities here that he built a big two-story hotel, a saloon, a gambling house, a spacious dance hall, a general store, and extensive quarters for his slaves. The ventureËs success exceeded all expectations. Sportsmen, vacationers, and adventurers, as well as the ill, gathered here from all parts of the country. There was phenomenal fishing in Trout Creek and Little River. There was the tranquility of sylvan glades and many trails for pleasurable hiking. There were gambling places and dance halls, but most visitors, including famous people, came to take the cure by drinking from the springs. People flocked to the area until 1911, when its fame came to an end because of a decision by the state health authority.
1910
January l LaSalle Parish was created on January l, 1910, when an act of the Louisiana legislature carved it out of the western half of Catahoula Parish. The new parish was named in honor of Robert Cavalier de LaSalle, the great French explorer who took formal possession of „All the lands drained by the Mississippi River and the tributaries thereof¾ for France in the name of King Louis XIV in the year 1682. It is strange that LaSalle was the last of the great explorers in Louisiana to have a geographical division named after him, since he had such an important part in the early exploration of the state.
