No Man's Land: A History of El Camino RealNardini, Louis Raphael
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No Man's Land: A History of El Camino Real
Nardini, Louis Raphael
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail (Tex. and La.); Louisiana -- History
Mrs. Percy Roberts Dillon is a Beautitian and owns and manages the
Petite Beauty Shoppe at 435 San Antonio St., which is a portion of El
Camino Real and is the Main Street in Many, Louisiana.
Mrs. Herbert Dorfer, Ph.★
Mrs. Herbert Dorfer, Ph., neé Ada Trichel of Fairview Alpha, La., taught
school in Natchitoches Parish for 25 years before studying and becoming
a pharmacist. Her business establishment, Campti Drug Store, is on
Edenborne Street. Her children by her first marriage are Blanche
McElwee, who wed Dr. A. L. Hushey of Opelika, Ala., and Ray McElwee who
wed Rosemary Peters of Austin, Texas.
Edenborne Street in Campti, La., is named for a famous steamboat
captain.
Exchange Bank & Trust Co.
The Exchange Bank and Trust Co., at the corner of Front and St. Denis
Streets in Natchitoches, La., will have at this printing ended its 70th
year of continuous service in Natchitoches. This bank at its beginning
occupied two other locations on Front St., and in September 1892 the
Exchange Bank erected and moved into the building which is the present
location of the bank. In the span of 70 years of service there have only
been four Presidents: Dr. J. W. Cockerham, J. Henry Williams, Arthur C.
Watson and at present Mr. Harold Kaffie. In 1826 this street corner was
called “Lescal’s Corner” because of Lescal’s Dance Hall and Theater.
This theater thrilled the local citizens with such plays as: Romeo and
Juliet, Macbeth, and Bewick and Graham.
Ambrose Charles Flores★
Ambrose Charles Flores wed Dovie Lea Frye of Minden, La. Their daughter,
Dolores Ann, wed Aubrey Randall Word and they reside in Shreveport. The
Flores family has been connected with the El Camino Real from the very
beginning of its occupancy by the Spanish. There were very few
expeditions from Mexico City which did not contain a Flores as a member.
Ambrose represents the 10th generation of Flores in the Robeline area.
C. B. Funderburk
C. B. Funderburk is owner and manager of the Starlite Motel, Highway 171
south, Many, La. He wed Miss Mahalia Eunice Johnson of Chopin, La. Their
children are: Jacquelyn, who wed Guy Cheek; Jeryl D., who wed Suzane
Chaput of Portland, Maine; Larry Don, who attends Many High School; and
Mary Jane, who attends Many elementary school. C. B. is a fifth
generation descendant of A. Taylor who settled near Kisatchie, La., in
the Neutral Strip.
Mr. and Mrs. Clive Glover
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