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History of bogalusa louisiana. Bogalusa story by c. The war against biracial unionism in the deep south journal of southern history stephen norwood wrote. Bogalusa story by c.
Great southern lumber company. There was a decline in mill jobs hyde the history. Bogalusa history the great southern lumber company 190638 mill was opened here in 1906 and the goodyear frank henry goodyear and charles waterhouse goodyear interests of new york built a city around it that same year to house workers for their sawmill.
This is charles waterhouse c. It was built so fast that its nickname became the magic city and once held the distinction of having the largest lumber mill the great southern lumber company in the nation. Goodyear founding of bogalusa washington parish louisiana by the goodyears who erected a sawmill on the bogue lusa creek in 1906.
The name of the city derives from the choctaw language term bogue lusa which. Bogalusa is a city in washington parish louisiana united statesthe population was 12232 at the 2010 censusit is the principal city of the bogalusa micropolitan statistical area which includes all of washington parish and is also part of the larger new orleansmetairiehammond combined statistical area. Overview in german spanish italian french and portuguese.
Bogalusa is not the only louisiana municipality in this quandary but it is by far the largest with a budget of 19 million. W ii goodyear jr. The gun battle in bogalusa when white union men took up arms and gave their lives to defend their black comrade represents probably the most dramatic display of interracial labor solidarity in the deep south during the first half of the 20th century.