Promoting Rural Tourism Along U.S. Highway 65 in Louisiana

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Louisiana Delta 65 Logo - Promoting Rural Tourism Along US Highway 65 in Louisiana Wildlife Refuges welcome visitors in fun, educational, safe environments to learn about wildlife conservation... Delicious Southern food like boiled crawfish, fried green tomatoes, grits and so much more Beautiful sunsets, sunrises and outdoor natural beauty are all around in the Delta 65 area

           About Delta 65    

 

Bayou Cocodrie
National Wildlife Refuge

Byerley House Museum

CJ Walker

Crescent Plantation

Cushy Alpacas

Delta Music Museum

Delta Airlines Beginnings

Flag Plaza

Frogmore  Plantation

Golfing

Grants Canal

Hermoine Museum

Jerry Lee Lewis Home Tour

Lake Bruin State Park

Lake Concordia

Lake Providence

Lake St. John

Louisiana Cotton Museum

Mississippi River

Poverty Point Historical Site

Tensas River
National Wildlife Refuge

Thomas Jason Lingo
Community Center 

Transylvania

Underground Railroad Marker

Winter Quarters

What Else We've Got:

Okra Salt Domes | Agriculture | Hiking | Wildlife  | Ancient Mounds | Festivals | Much More!

There ought to be a law against anybody going to Europe until they have seen the things we have in this country.

- Will Rogers

 
 

What Else We Have in the Delta 65 Area

Besides okra, salt domes, agriculture, hiking, ancient mounds, wildlife, and festivals, we have: Gumbo mud .... cypress knees ... Bois d'Arc trees (bodock trees) .... wisteria ... moonlight .... cicadas ....bottomland forests ....folklife ... covered bridges .... swamps  .... alligators  ...dogwood trees.... sassafras.... Canebrakes  ... Garfish  ... Minks  ... Otters ...Kudzu ...azaleas ... Natchitoches Meat Pies ...

Contact one of our members and let's talk about "WHAT WE'VE GOT!"

ARTS - ARTS in the area .

Folk Art and folklife

Gourds: http://www.kreativegourds.com 

ARTS: http://www.ulm.edu/~nlac/ 

 

 

CRAPPIE: http://www.crappie.com/

http://www.bayou.com/direct/sports.php

FAMOUS ( AND NOT-SO-FAMOUS PEOPLE)

"Hambone" --self taught Creole Choctaw who grew up in the bayou country of Louisiana"

Tim McGraw--born and raised in these parts!

Jerry Lee Lewis--born and raised in these parts even before Tim!

Newspapers:
WEST CARROLL GAZETTE    
512 S. Constitution Street    
Oak Grove, LA 71263
 
BANNER-DEMOCRAT            
313 Lake Street                   
Lake Providence LA 71254
bannerdemocrat@bellsouth.net
 
MADISON JOURNAL              
300 S. Chestnut                   
Tallulah, LA 71282
 
TENSAS GAZETTE                
Newton Street                     
St. Joseph, LA 71366
 
THE CONCORDIA SENTINEL  
P.O. Box 1485                     
Ferriday, LA 7137
Hiking trail through the woods  
Hunting and fishing  
   
FOOD

Police Jury - http://www.lapage.com/crt/a-sp-mon.htm

 

   

Quiet Country Roads
The parishes' quiet country roads with cattle grazing in bordering fields are peaceful avenues into rural Louisiana.

Beautiful wisteria - Photograph by Nancy Blackwell - no copying please
Clipart.com.old.photograph.fishbaits.photo.jpg (227905 bytes)NOSTALGIA

http://travel.nostalgiaville.com/Louisiana/louisiana.htm

MUSIC: 
http://www.saintstowin.com/
"All I want for Christmas is for the Saints to Win..."

" Mississippi River Delta culture..."

ANTIQUES Coming ...

 

What else? Come see!

   
   

  

 

 

Towns >  Lake Providence  Oak Grove  Transylvania    Tallulah   Newellton   St. Joseph   Vidalia   Ferriday
   
Parishes >  East Carroll  West Carroll  Madison   Tensas  Concordia

Louisiana Delta 65, Inc.
305 Dabney Street
Tallulah, Louisiana  71282
Telephone:  318-574-8519
Website: www.ladelta65.org
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