Welcome to Natchitoches, Louisiana

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Okay, so I got to spend some time with a few of the members of the Northwestern State University of Louisiana Bass Fishing Team...now lets spend some time seeing the town they go to school in.
Okay, so I got to spend some time with a few of the members of the Northwestern State University of Louisiana Bass Fishing Team…now lets spend some time seeing the town they go to school in.
Natchitoches was established way back in 1714, the city was incorporated in 1819 and is the oldest permanent settlement within the boarders of the Louisiana Purchase and...
Natchitoches was established way back in 1714, the city was incorporated in 1819 and is the oldest permanent settlement within the boarders of the Louisiana Purchase and…
...has roughly 18,000 folks living here. It is a modern city with all the modern stuff but it also has a very cool historic downtown section of brick streets, intricate wrought iron, and quite possibly the coolest...
…has roughly 18,000 folks living here. It is a modern city with all the modern stuff but it also has a very cool historic downtown section of brick streets, intricate wrought iron, and quite possibly the coolest…
...store I have ever been in, the Kaffie-Frederick General Mercantile store which set up shop in 1863 and is...
…store I have ever been in, the Kaffie-Frederick General Mercantile store which set up shop in 1863 and is…
...the oldest store in the state of Louisiana. Trust me, I believe it because as you open the door and step inside this is what you see...
…the oldest store in the state of Louisiana. Trust me, I believe it because as you open the door and step inside this is what you see…
...an on your honor
…an on your honor “Coke Machine,” along with…
...this. Thousands and thousands of that
…this. Thousands and thousands of that “General Mercantile” stuff which frankly I had no idea what that meant until I started looking around and found it meant having..
...space to sell belt buckles...not the whole belt buckle thing with the belt like you can find anywhere, but just the buckle...I have never in my life seen just a buckle for sale, or...
…space to sell belt buckles…not the whole belt buckle thing with the belt like you can find anywhere, but just the buckle…I have never in my life seen just a buckle for sale, or…
...springs...when any spring I ever had went bad I just bought a new door or something with new springs but in a General Mercantile place you can buy just a spring. I'm telling you this is...
…springs…when any spring I ever had went bad I just bought a new door or something with new springs but in a General Mercantile place you can buy just a spring. I’m telling you this is…
...cool, just flat out cool that if I, or you, ever need a...
…cool, just flat out cool that if I, or you, ever need a…
...poultry staple, which I don't think is actually for stapling chickens, but if you need that, you can come and buy a handful of this...
…poultry staple, which I don’t think is actually for stapling chickens, but if you need that, you can come and buy a handful of this…
...or that...whatever these things are, or...
…or that…whatever these things are, or…
...this. Dudes I have never in my life been in any store that sold horse shoes that were meant for horses and not for a game, and frankly...
…this. Dudes I have never in my life been in any store that sold horse shoes that were meant for horses and not for a game, and frankly…
...I didn't even know they made shoes for mules, or how you could possibly get the shoes on a mule if the mule was being, you know, a mule...
…I didn’t even know they made shoes for mules, or how you could possibly get the shoes on a mule if the mule was being, you know, a mule…
...and not a horse, or pony, that wears shoes of all sizes and heels.
…and not a horse, or pony, that wears shoes of all sizes and heels.
Check this out, sort of an elevator, I say sort of an elevator because every elevator I have ever been in had buttons that made it go up or down but...
Check this out, sort of an elevator, I say sort of an elevator because every elevator I have ever been in had buttons that made it go up or down but…
...this historic elevator doesn't have button, it used to be lifted and lowered, elevorated, by people pulling up an down on the ropes that ran through those wheels up until they got it...
…this historic elevator doesn’t have button, it used to be lifted and lowered, elevorated, by people pulling up an down on the ropes that ran through those wheels up until they got it…
...
…”modernized?”
And yes, yes, when you get checked out, this is where and with what you pay your money. Trust me they actually use this cash register daily, watching that happen, and that mechanical marvel work is worth the price of whatever it is you buy.
And yes, yes, when you get checked out, this is where and with what you pay your money. Trust me they actually use this cash register daily, watching that happen, and that mechanical marvel work is worth the price of whatever it is you buy.
The guy behind the cage is the great-grandson, I think he said that, or just the grandson, of one of the past owners, dude's name is Luke Frederick of the Frederick part of the General Mercantile store. Very friendly nice guy who let me wander around taking photos of anything I wanted but...
The guy behind the cage is the great-grandson, I think he said that, or just the grandson, of one of the past owners, dude’s name is Luke Frederick of the Frederick part of the General Mercantile store. Very friendly nice guy who let me wander around taking photos of anything I wanted but…
...on the way out I had to buy a horseshoe, when would I ever get that chance again, so I paid two-bucks, he wrote, WROTE out the receipt, stamped it and handed it to me in a brown paper bag. Before I left though I took it out of the bag and had Luke autograph it for me, something I will keep a long time. Great little town, wonderful old store, and a horseshoe for luck...welcome to Natchitoches, Louisiana.
…on the way out I had to buy a horseshoe, when would I ever get that chance again, so I paid two-bucks, he wrote, WROTE out the receipt, stamped it and handed it to me in a brown paper bag. Before I left though I took it out of the bag and had Luke autograph it for me, something I will keep a long time. Great little town, wonderful old store, and a horseshoe for luck…welcome to Natchitoches, Louisiana.